Across
- 1. A comparison using “like” or “as”
- 6. Man's best friend
- 10. The giving of human qualities or life to inanimate objects or ideas
- 12. Flying mammal
- 13. a shortened form of two words combined with an apostrophe (e.g., don’t = do not).
- 15. tells the ‘position’ of the noun or pronoun.
- 19. joins words, phrases, or clauses.
- 20. the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
- 24. a word used in place of a noun.
- 26. A comparison, either expressed or implied, without the use of like or as
- 27. is the literal dictionary definition of a word.
- 28. Has a trunk
- 29. can stand alone as a sentence (e.g., She smiled.).
- 30. the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.
- 31. expresses action or state of being.
- 32. is the emotional or cultural meaning associated with a word.
Down
- 2. Expresses strong emotion (Wow, this book is amazing!)
- 3. a word used to express emotion.
- 4. Makes a statement (I love reading books.).
- 5. Asks a question (Do you like reading?).
- 7. modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or adverb.
- 8. the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
- 9. Large marsupial
- 11. words with opposite meanings (e.g., happy and sad).
- 13. contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so, yet, for, nor).
- 14. modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
- 16. words with similar meanings (e.g., happy and joyful).
- 17. :cannot stand alone and depends on the main clause (e.g., because she was happy).
- 18. words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings (e.g., their, there, they’re).
- 21. Gives a command (Please read this chapter.).
- 22. contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
- 23. A word’s pronunciation imitates its sound.
- 25. Likes to chase mice