Across
- 3. Restating information in your own words
- 5. The message of the piece
- 7. Main idea of the text
- 8. Saying the opposite of what you mean
- 10. The opposite idea of the claim
- 12. Detailed description, often using sensory language
- 13. Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
- 15. Language
- 16. Language that appeals to the 5 senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, hearing
- 18. Set phrases with meanings different from the literal meaning
- 21. The way the writing sounds, the emotion it conveys
- 23. Word choice, sentence structure, and how the writing sounds
- 24. Making fun of something for the length of a story
- 25. the opposite of what you expect happens
- 26. say the opposite
- 27. Facts, quotes, or examples that support a claim
Down
- 1. Making an educated guess based on evidence
- 2. A body paragraph that agrees with the counterclaim and then proves it wrong
- 4. How a character is described through appearance, behavior, and actions
- 6. reader knows something the character doesn’t
- 9. Comparing two things
- 11. How the story works: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
- 14. Extended metaphor, can be as long as a paragraph or novel
- 17. The perspective the story is told from
- 19. Giving human characteristics to non-living things
- 20. A statement based on what you believe
- 22. A reference or hint at something