Across
- 3. to put together information from different parts of a text to see the author’s ideas in new ways
- 5. the top number in a fraction that tells how many pieces you have compared to the whole
- 6. a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- 9. the bottom number in a fraction that tells how many pieces it take to make the whole
- 10. something that a person is obligated to do, by virtue of who he or she is
- 12. detail in a text that helps to explain the central idea
- 13. the highest court in the United States; consists of nine justices
Down
- 1. the author’s reason for writing
- 2. the big idea, or main idea, that readers should take away from reading a text
- 4. the governor’s top assistant in the executive branch at the state level
- 7. a clue word that often means to multiply
- 8. a method used when dividing fractions
- 11. the United States law making body consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate