ELA III Midterm Vocabulary Crossword

Illustrates or reveals information, traits, values, or motivations of one character through the comparison and contrast of another character
The moral or lesson learned from a literary text; there is usually more than one; something that you have to infer after reading a text
The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved
The first sentence of a paragraph; contains a claim and restates the question
The sentence of a body paragraph that provides a quotation to support your claim, and provides a source to the quotation
The two sentences in a body paragraph that explain the quotation and how the quotation connects back to the claim
The last sentence of a body paragraph that restates or rephrases the claim
A loan used to purchase or maintain a home, land, or other types of real estate. The borrower agrees to pay the lender over time, typically in a series of regular payments that are divided into principal and interest
A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land
Requires a sacrifice of some present asset, such as time, money, or effort to generate a return from the asset
Ownership of assets that may have debts or other liabilities attached to them; homeowners acquire this as they pay their mortgage each month
Consists of all of the shares into which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. A single share means fractional ownership of the corporation in proportion to the total number of shares
An interest-bearing certificate of public or private indebtedness
A statement that asserts something to be true in an argument or writing, another name for thesis