Middle School ELA

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Across
  1. 4. language that does not mean exactly what is said (often used in speech and poetry)
  2. 10. the central message or lesson of a story
  3. 11. what you get when you look at another person's experience
  4. 12. what it's called when you steal the ideas of another
  5. 13. a group of words that includes a subject and predicate
  6. 14. the words you know
  7. 15. your ability to work with others, especially to solve a problem
  8. 16. your ability to do something smoothly and with ease
  9. 18. if you figure out the definition of a word based on the sentence and the words around it, you are using _______ clues
  10. 19. what it's called when you use the exact words of another
  11. 22. an action word
  12. 23. a story passed through a culture that seeks to explain why the world is the way it is
  13. 25. when you are able to do things on your own without needing others
  14. 26. the idea that you are trying to prove
  15. 31. a describing word
  16. 33. what the text is about in general
  17. 35. something that ends a sentence (. ? !)
  18. 37. a word that means the opposite
  19. 38. a group of sentences on one topic
  20. 39. a person, place, thing or idea
  21. 40. your ability to keep doing something without stopping
Down
  1. 1. the standard rules of writing, including punctuation, grammar, and spelling
  2. 2. if you make a guess at what is going to happen next, you are making an _________
  3. 3. a word that means the same thing
  4. 5. a word that describes how something is done (AKA describes a verb or adjective)
  5. 6. what it's called when someone in a story speaks
  6. 7. what a word means
  7. 8. your ability to read and write
  8. 9. your thinking and explanation of how it fits together
  9. 17. your ability to understand something
  10. 20. facts and ideas that support your thinking
  11. 21. writing told in sentences and paragraphs, such as a novel
  12. 24. writing told in lines and stanzas, such as poetry and songs
  13. 27. if you make a guess at why something happened based on the story, you are making an _________
  14. 28. your ability to share your ideas with others
  15. 29. how humans pass down ideas information and entertainment
  16. 30. if you mean exactly what you say, you are being ________
  17. 32. "She was as quiet as mouse" is an example of this
  18. 34. "He is a walking dictionary" is an example of this
  19. 36. what you do to start a paragraph