Literacy Terms

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Across
  1. 2. a person, place, or thing
  2. 3. symbols that enclose the words spoken by characters (two words no space)
  3. 5. exaggeration
  4. 6. multiplication and division sentences using the same numbers (2 words no space)
  5. 8. a grammatical symbol that separates items in a list; is read as a pause
  6. 10. a result that contradicts expectations, e.g. Camp Green Lake became a Girl Scout camp
  7. 12. words and phrases that create pictures in the reader's mind
  8. 17. a word that describes or modifies a noun
  9. 19. words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings
  10. 22. a type of writing that tries to convince the reader to agree or take an action
  11. 23. written conversation
Down
  1. 1. one or two words that have been shortened by the removal of some letters
  2. 4. words with similar meanings
  3. 7. a comparison that usually uses the words 'like' or 'as'
  4. 9. a comparison between two things that doesn't use 'like' or 'as'
  5. 11. a symbol that replaces the missing letters in a contraction
  6. 13. repeated beginning consonant sounds
  7. 14. a specific person, place, or thing; begins with a capital letter (two words no space)
  8. 15. a word that describes or modifies a verb
  9. 16. meaning
  10. 18. the story of a subject's life
  11. 20. 'regular' writing; not poetry
  12. 21. an action word
  13. 22. "language at its most distilled and most powerful"