Across
- 1. Punctuation used to express a pause in one's thought within a sentence.
- 3. Words used to convey description about a sentence's object (ex. Amy brought a large container of water).
- 5. English author, whose work Le Morte d'Arthur (The Death of Arthur) is the first book printed in English and is the oldest surviving work that can be read by modern speakers of English untranslated.
- 6. Characters used to construct words. In English, there are 26 of them.
- 8. Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.
- 11. Words that have the exact opposite meaning of another word.
- 12. Mark of punctuation used at the end of sentences to convey inquiry or curiosity (?).
- 15. Punctuation used at the end of sentence to express a thought's end.
- 16. Term used to describe somebody who is an English speaker.
- 18. Letters that (usually) express sound at the beginning and end of words. In English, there are twenty of them.
- 19. Letters that express sound within a word. In English, they are A, E, I, O, U, (and sometimes Y).
- 20. As a result of 400 years of Roman occupation in Britain, this dead language been a major influence over English, particularly relating to words involving law, science, and medicine.
- 21. Words used to indirectly refer to a noun. He, She, It, and They are examples.
- 22. Term used to describe somebody who is able to read and write.
- 23. Words used to modify a noun or an adjective within a sentence (ex. Mark left school quietly).
- 24. Words used to convey activity on the part of a sentence's subject (ex. Jack threw the football).
- 25. Unique arrangement of letters, creating a single, distinct element of speech or writing. There were thirteen of them in the previous sentence.
Down
- 1. Words used to connect words, phrases and clauses (ex. She is old enough to drive, but not old enough to vote).
- 2. Name of English king associated with Bible he commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611. It is considered a great example of the English language.
- 4. Shorted versions of a word (ex. cannot = can't).
- 7. Words used to denote a person, place, or thing. Often such a word would be a sentence's focus.
- 9. Units of sound within a word. All words have at least one, although many words can have multiple (Silent has two).
- 10. Point of punctuation sometimes used at the end of sentences to convey excitement or intensity (!).
- 13. A reference source containing words and their synonyms. Term rhymes with Tyrannosaurus.
- 14. Adagio, Banjo, and Tsunami are examples of these kinds of words, taken from another language directly and used in place of creating an English equivalent.
- 17. A reference source containing words along with information about their meaning, function, origin, and pronunciation.