Across
- 2. The beginning paragraph that introduces the topic, answers the prompt (thesis statement), and prepares the reader for your argument.
- 4. Directly connected to the writing task.
- 5. Reasonable and makes sense.
- 6. Completely and carefully.
- 7. How fully you explain your ideas.
- 10. The articles, passages, charts, images, or poems given in the prompt.
- 11. Words and phrases that connect ideas (ex: for example, in addition, therefore, however)
- 13. Your thoughts, opinions, arguments, and explanations that answer the writing task.
Down
- 1. The ending paragraph that restates the main idea in a new way, wraps up your argument, and leaves the reader thinking.
- 3. How your writing is arranged.
- 8. Works well and achieves its purpose.
- 9. The words you choose in your writing.
- 12. Using different sentence types and word choices.