# Reading and Responding to Texts: Word Search

When you read a text, you interact with it on multiple levels. You notice what the author tells you directly (explicit information) and what you have to figure out from clues and context (implicit meaning). You analyze character choices and credibility, recognize techniques like metaphor and symbolism, and understand how a writer's perspective shapes the story. This word search covers eight key terms you will use throughout your study of literature and media texts ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15586)).

## How to play

- Find each word in the grid. Words can run horizontally (left to right), vertically (top to bottom), or diagonally in any direction.
- Circle or highlight each word as you find it.
- Use the word list below to check off words you have located.

## Words to find

- CHARACTER
- CREDIBILITY
- EXPLICIT
- IMPLICIT
- INTERPRET
- METAPHOR
- PERSPECTIVE
- SYMBOLISM

## Puzzle grid

| M | A | I | B | J | X | B | V | S | Q | P | P | I |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| L | C | H | M | S | Y | M | B | O | L | I | S | M |
| A | D | H | A | P | Q | E | D | E | A | U | U | P |
| M | R | H | A | E | L | L | Y | W | X | V | Q | X |
| L | M | G | H | R | Q | I | E | B | A | W | I | V |
| F | A | V | W | S | A | V | C | Q | H | F | N | D |
| I | P | F | N | P | X | C | S | I | T | B | T | J |
| L | M | O | Y | E | Z | Y | T | L | T | R | E | I |
| K | V | D | N | C | U | M | R | E | K | V | R | O |
| I | U | M | E | T | A | P | H | O | R | A | P | D |
| E | X | P | L | I | C | I | T | J | Q | Q | R | Z |
| C | U | H | M | V | R | Q | E | H | V | F | E | X |
| V | Z | C | R | E | D | I | B | I | L | I | T | Y |

## Answer key

- **CHARACTER**: row 2, column 2, diagonal
- **CREDIBILITY**: row 13, column 3, across
- **EXPLICIT**: row 11, column 1, across
- **IMPLICIT**: row 1, column 3, diagonal
- **INTERPRET**: row 5, column 12, down
- **METAPHOR**: row 10, column 3, across
- **PERSPECTIVE**: row 3, column 5, down
- **SYMBOLISM**: row 2, column 5, across

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### Sources

- node:n1: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574)
- node:n2: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575)
- node:n3: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.2 Respond to Texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581)
- node:n4: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.2 Respond to Texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582)
- node:n5: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575)
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