Across
- 6. The reason the author wrote the text. They may write to persuade, inform, entertain, or to express something.
- 7. Letters add to the end of a word that changes the meaning and part of speech of the word.
- 8. The big idea that tells what the paragraph or a selection is mainly about;the most important idea of a text.
Down
- 1. A word or words that are not known to the reader on first sight.
- 2. The words, phrases, or sentences near an unknown word that gives the reader clues to the words meaning.
- 3. Something that can be proved true or false by looking in a reference work, observing directly, or checking with an expert in the field.
- 4. Expresses a personal judgement or belief that cannot be proved true or false.
- 5. The parts of the text that have been created to help you locate and learn information. Some common text features are title pages, table of context, headings, graphics, bolded words or bullets
- 7. Give the most important idea of what was read. Readers summarize important information in the selection to keep track of what they are reading.
- 9. When you reach a conclusion based on information that is not directly stated in the text.