Across
- 1. - a dash used to break a word apart
- 5. - a letter in the alphabet which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable
- 8. - a word used to connect clauses or sentences; such as and, but, or or
- 10. - a small group of words standing together as a unit
- 12. - is a word that describes and ends with -ly
- 13. - an abrupt remark
- 16. - a specific name of a person, place, or thing
- 19. - a word formed from a verb and used as an adjective
- 20. - a word used to show action
- 21. - used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage
- 23. - is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds
- 24. - a letter in the alphabet such as a, e, i, o, and u
Down
- 2. - the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning
- 3. - a word usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word
- 4. - is a punctuation mark
- 6. - a shortened form of a word that omits certain letters or sounds
- 7. - the part of the sentence that tell who or what we are talking about
- 9. - the basic form of a verb
- 11. - is a word that describes a noun
- 14. - a short piece of writing on a particular subject
- 15. - the part of the sentence that tells you what the subject is or does
- 17. - the language we speak
- 18. - is a part of a sentence; such as a subject or predicate
- 19. - takes place of a noun; such as he or she
- 22. - a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication