Reading Academic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. this is an issue or a conflict
  2. 3. this is the reason why the author wrote the text
  3. 6. this is what happens as a result of something else
  4. 9. the author's opinion about a topic
  5. 10. this is the part where the characters and setting are introduced
  6. 11. an extreme exaggerations
  7. 15. sayings that mean something different than the actual words
  8. 19. when you give a nonliving thing human characteristics
  9. 21. the order in which something takes place or needs to happen in a specific order
  10. 22. making an educated guess based on clues in the text
  11. 25. this 3rd person point of view The narrator is outside the story looking in. The reader knows NONE of the characters thoughts or feelings.
  12. 26. this text structure provides ideas or details are presented from most important to least important
  13. 30. to show how 2 or more things are similar
  14. 32. comparing two unlike things using like or as
  15. 33. the turning point in a story
  16. 35. The narrator is a character in the story. The thoughts and feelings are important to the story.
  17. 36. two independent clauses joined together with a conjunction
Down
  1. 1. events that take place in a literary piece that follow a sequence
  2. 4. this 3rd person point of view The narrator is outside the story looking in. The reader knows ALL the characters’ thoughts or feelings.
  3. 5. Words that sound like the sound they represent
  4. 7. this is part of the plot that follows the climax
  5. 8. sentence a sentence that has an independent and dependent clause joined with a conjunction
  6. 12. repetition of the first sound in multiple words
  7. 13. this 3rd person point of view The narrator is outside the story looking in. The reader only knows 1 character’s thoughts or feelings.
  8. 14. the lesson or moral of the story
  9. 16. this text structure describes a problem and suggests one or more solutions
  10. 17. clues that surround words that help the reader
  11. 18. the reason something happens
  12. 20. the feeling the author creates based on the words used
  13. 23. to show how 2 or more things are different
  14. 24. what is the selection is mostly about
  15. 27. the point in the story where the problem is solved
  16. 28. the feeling the reader gets based on the words the author uses
  17. 29. this structure provides details about a person, place, thing, or idea to give the reader a clear picture.
  18. 31. who is telling the story
  19. 34. comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as