Six Traits of Writing

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (6)
  2. 7. Address to an absent or imaginary person (10)
  3. 8. A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure (5)
  4. 10. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses (plural) (7)
  5. 12. A punctuation ___ placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a ___ (12)
  6. 13. Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary (10)
  7. 14. An opportunity to state your case and be heard (8)

Down

  1. 1. A communication that is written or spoken or signaled (7)
  2. 2. A way of regarding situations or topics etc (11)
  3. 4. The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental (11)
  4. 5. Someone regarded as certain to succeed (7)
  5. 6. A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else (5)
  6. 9. Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage (8)
  7. 10. The word class that qualifies nouns (plural) (10)
  8. 11. The act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining (4)
  9. 14. The state of being active (6)