Across
- 2. literal word meaning
- 3. information that is provided directly
- 5. a reasonable guess based on the information from a text
- 8. often opinionated or funny, these are meant to reflect on real-world events
- 11. an account of a person's life told by that person; also referred to as memoirs
- 12. the idea of a text
- 13. phrase that means something other than its literal meaning
- 14. two words, the main idea or most important idea in a nonfiction selection
- 21. articles and books designed to help readers change their lives in a positive way
- 24. stories of real peoples' lives told by another person
- 25. an author's reason or intent for writing
- 26. newspaper, magazine, and website articles, including opinion pieces on current issues
- 28. a piece of writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people
- 29. manuals and other forms of writing that instruct/teach the reader how to do something
- 30. an examination of the ways two ideas, individuals, or events are similar
- 31. an examination of the ways two ideas, individuals, or events are different
- 33. the books and articles typically used/assigned in classrooms
- 35. reference to another text or historical topic
Down
- 1. a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as
- 4. ideas in a text
- 6. two words; figures of speech that go beyond the literal meanings of words to provide more insights for readers
- 7. relationships or links between ideas, individuals, or events
- 8. true accounts of historical periods and/or events
- 9. two words, details that support the central idea, such as facts, examples, statistics, quotations
- 10. two words; a text structure that connects ideas by describing how one event or person makes something else happen
- 15. a figure of speech that creates a comparison of two seemingly different things, forming a deeper understanding of their connection
- 16. two words; an author's use of words that affect the meaning, tone, and mood of a text
- 17. to briefly state the main ideas in a text
- 18. an implied comparison between two unlike things
- 19. the actual meaning of words
- 20. meaning implied by a word apart from its explicit definition
- 22. two words; a text structure that connects ideas by describing a problem and then discussing a solution or possible solutions
- 23. a brief statement of the main ideas in a text
- 27. clue information in the text that helps you understand the meaning of a word or phrase
- 32. the type of evidence that is quoted information from a text that supports a statement
- 34. a writer's attitude toward a subject or audience