Across
- 2. statement made at the end of an essay which reminds the reader of what's important in other words
- 5. a written account of a person's life told by another person
- 7. cut with a sharp carving tool
- 8. stories often describing heroes based on real people but larger than life
- 10. act signed by President Johnson; prohibits discrimination
- 13. tells a story; may be fiction or nonfiction
- 14. makes it a crime for anyone to sell or transport a product made from the body of an endangered species
- 17. a written account of someone's life written by that person
- 18. in danger of no longer existing
- 19. made up to try and explain a natural event or tell why things are the way they are to justify religious beliefs; often contain gods, goddesses and heroes
- 21. fictional story often with animals behaving like humans; contains a moral
- 22. usually the second sentence of the essay which tells the reader what the writer will discuss; contains the main idea
- 26. land set aside where wildlife can live safely
- 27. first sentence of the essay which grabs the reader's attention
- 28. growing and improving
- 29. to be exact; pay attention to detail
- 30. has made-up characters such as talking animals, dwarfs, fairies, dragons, and elves; good verses evil
Down
- 1. what a story is mostly about
- 3. contains the writer's opinion on a topic and supports it with detail
- 4. returning to good health
- 6. mean
- 9. a lesson to learn; fables contain morals
- 11. stories told as if they were true whether they were or not, about a particular person or place that people know or believe in
- 12. a central idea in a story
- 15. stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth; also called folk tales
- 16. another name for traditional literature
- 20. a journey or voyage
- 23. the time and place in which a story takes place
- 24. no longer exists
- 25. contains the reasons why the writer feels or believes what he/she believes about the topic