Across
- 1. words, facts, or ideas in a text that explain a difficult or unusual word
- 5. has two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
- 7. a reference book that provides the precise, or exact, meeaning
- 12. the foundation of a word
- 13. a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies/describes
- 15. not the literal meaning
- 18. words and phrases that surround another word and help to explain its meaning
- 19. using a phrase or word that repeats something else and is unnecessary
- 20. contains a independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses
Down
- 2. contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
- 3. an alphabetical list of words and phrases and their meanings
- 4. using the correct word when there is a choice
- 6. a phrase or clause that is not clearly
- 8. adjectives that appear in a sequence to modify the same noun
- 9. writing marks that help to separate and clarify ideas
- 10. expresses a single complete thought and contains a subject and a verb
- 11. a group of words that contains a subject and a verb
- 14. the set of rules for language
- 16. letters that are added to a root word that change its meaning
- 17. a group of words working together as a unit