Across
- 2. a direct comparison that does not use like or as, but just says something is/was something else (ex: The baby's cheek was a soft pillow)
- 4. the message, moral, life lesson taught by a literary work
- 6. Details details that help support the main idea by providing more information
- 9. Adjectives two or more adjectives side-by-side, separated by a comma, that modify the noun (ex: The small, quiet puppy)
- 13. facts, details, statistices, or quotes that support an inference or argument
- 14. Information information that is clearly connected to a topic, not random or off-topic
- 16. Features things such as headings, bolded words, images/captions, bulleted lists, and graphics that help a reader notice and understand important information
- 17. a comparison using like or as (ex: The baby's cheek was like a soft pillow)
Down
- 1. the way an author reveals character, direct "tells" while indirect "shows"
- 3. Purpose the reason an author writes a text, to inform, persuade, or entertain
- 5. Modifier an adjective that is not near the noun it is supposed to modify, creating confusion
- 7. a conclusion reached by combining what you know with what the text says
- 8. Source a trustworthy source of information, can be beleived and verified in other sources
- 10. a claim and its supporting evidence, presented to convince others to agree
- 11. Idea the main idea in an informational text, what the text is mainly about
- 12. a preference or opinion that is personal and that keeps someone from being fair and objective
- 15. Structures the way an informational text is organized (chronological, sequence, problem & solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast)