Journeys Lesson 1 Vocabulary - 6th grade

A ______________ company prints millions of copies of books for people to buy and read.

• publishing

• manuscrpt

• editorial

• revisions

An author first writes a ____________ of a story. Later those pages become a book.

• editorial

• pressuring

• maze

• manuscript

The middle of the book might ____________, or reveal, a surprising event in the plot of the story.

• maze

• pressuring

• disclose

• editorial

A writer's office may be a _________, a confusing path among books, papers, and computer equipment.

• maze

• literary

• editorial

• revisions

A writer might need to hire a __________ agent, someone whose business has something to do with books.

• editorial

• literary

• revisions

• muted

The _________ director is in charge of the department that corrects early versions of books.

• editorial

• pressuring

• wry

• revisions

Readers sometimes send letters __________ or urging, an author to bring back a favorite character.

• manuscript

• muted

• pressuring

• wry

An editor often asks the author to make ___________ or changes to his or her writing.

• revisions

• wry

• literary

• disclose

The author wrote with a ________ sense of humor, finding reasons to smile at the difficulties of life.

• maze

• muted

• wry

• publishing

A critic may include _________ or quiet, criticism in an otherwise favorable book review.

• wry

• muted

• maze

• disclose