HLA Final Exam Crossword Puzzle Practice

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Across
  1. 3. the message, moral, life lesson taught by a literary work
  2. 6. Summary a brief run down of the most important ideas in a text that is free of personal opinion
  3. 7. Information information that is clearly connected to a topic, not random or off-topic
  4. 9. Modifier an adjective that is not near the noun it is supposed to modify, creating confusion
  5. 10. a claim and its supporting evidence, presented to convince others to agree
  6. 13. giving an inanimate/inhuman object the traits or feelings of a person (ex: The car's heart slowed to a stop and it shut down.)
  7. 15. Details details that help support the main idea by providing more information
  8. 16. Source a trustworthy source of information, can be beleived and verified in other sources
  9. 20. a comparison using like or as (ex: The baby's cheek was like a soft pillow)
  10. 21. a conclusion reached by combining what you know with what the text says
  11. 22. Structures the way an informational text is organized (chronological, sequence, problem & solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast)
  12. 23. extreme exaggeration (ex: It is a million degrees in here!)
Down
  1. 1. the way an author reveals character, direct "tells" while indirect "shows"
  2. 2. a reference to another well known work or idea that adds a layer of meaning (ex: They are our school's Romeo and Juliet.)
  3. 4. Idea the main idea in an informational text, what the text is mainly about
  4. 5. Features things such as headings, bolded words, images/captions, bulleted lists, and graphics that help a reader notice and understand important information
  5. 8. Purpose the reason an author writes a text, to inform, persuade, or entertain
  6. 11. Irony when the audience/readers of a play know something the characters on stage do not
  7. 12. facts, details, statistices, or quotes that support an inference or argument
  8. 14. the way an author feels about the subject they are writing about
  9. 16. Adjectives two or more adjectives side-by-side, separated by a comma, that modify the noun (ex: The small, quiet puppy)
  10. 17. the words character's say to one another, usually set off by quotation marks ("......")
  11. 18. 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)
  12. 19. a preference or opinion that is personal and that keeps someone from being fair and objective