This printable crossword puzzle has 24 clues. Answers range from 3 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a 'mini headline" designed to grab the reader's interest
A person who writes articles for a newspaper
A false name used by an author to conceal his/her identity
The title at the top of an article; contains the most important news of the day
number of lines in a limerick
Story telling defines this type of writing
Part of a line of dialogue that explains who is doing the talking
a group of words that expresses a complete thought
A particular type of speech pattern (Southern drawl or a lisp)
the talking portions of a short story
words or phrases that create "word bridges" between paragraphs or ideas
Taking another person's ideas or words and using them as your own without citation is a type of _____
The _____ is the controlling idea for an entire essay or paper.
An in-text _____ provides the source information for words or ideas that are not your own
This type of character does NOT change during the story's plot.
the A in ARMS stands for ____ more information
sometimes thought of as "the once upon a time" part of a story
The number of steps in the writing process
the final step of the writing process
the most intense or exciting part of a story's plot
the events that happen in a story
the problem that must be overcome in a story; without it, the story would be BORING
The goal of this type of writing is to explain or provide factual information.
_______ are words that describe/modify nouns or pronouns.