This printable crossword puzzle has 25 clues. Answers range from 3 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Frank McCourt Memoir and contraction for "it is"
Verb voice; not active
Introductory paragraph that tells a brief story; think Anakin Skywalker
Repetition of grammatical form to express series of equivalent ideas; this word located in the paragraph section
Time order
Robinson's term for "favorite but spontaneous" thinking
Concerning agreement, pronouns must agree with
Main idea of a paragraph; appears first
Book says thesis "provides accurate forecast" that instructor sometimes calls plan of development
Not a brain hurricane but a prewriting technique using the brain
Closure to an essay
Asked students to avoid this at the end of essays
Robinson says third kind of thinking stimulated when one questions our beliefs or opinions
Who is lost in thought/daydreams?
Popular fallacious reasoning
For this causal term such synonyms include "result" and "fallout"
One kind of thinking students could have seen/done all semester; not in Robinson
Causes or effects that occur nearest an event; found in the textbook or in the notes
Main idea of entire essay
Latin name for fallacy "after this, therefore because of this"
Illustration category of example
Textbook term for point-by-point method
Connected events; Listen to Joe Diffie's "Third Rock from the Sun"
He is one example of Robinson's final category of thinking
Stevenson apologizes for these people