Literature And Writing Crossword Puzzles

Literature And Writing Crosswords

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Title	Instructions / Description	Sample Puzzle Hints	Difficulty
The Stone	Match a word with the clue.	Maibon didn't want Modrona to do this.. Doli said that everyone in his family had the ability to do something.. Doli had a problem with this in the story.. Modrona first complained about this.. This is what Maibon felt about the passerby..	Older Children
THE STORY OF THE AGED MOTHER		Anger - Calm. Distressed - Peaceful. Indestructible - Destructible. Enthusiastic - Apathetic. Boring - Exciting.	Teenage
THE STORY OF THE AGED MOTHER		Worried, Nervous - Calm. Observe - Ignore. Withered, Shrunken - Bloated. Vegtable used as utensil. Peak,Top - Nadir.	Older Children
The Taming of the Shrew		praiseworthy; approved; qualified. untruthful; lying . haughtiness; insolent pride; self-importance. to deceive; to mislead. to implore; to beg; to request earnestly.	Older Children
The Tempest		overthrown Duke of Milan. the wizards daughter. the wizards slave. a name for a storm. the slaves mother .	Older Children
The Tempest		A serious disagreement. Famous Tudor playwright. An act of revenge/to hurt someone who has hurt you. Complete loss of hope. Feeling insecure and down because you don't have what someone else does.	Big
The Third Wish		hateful; spiteful. far away from anything else. too hasty. skills, arts, etc. of a given people in a given period; civilization. wetting by dipping, splashing,or paddling in the water.	Older Children
The Three Musketeeers	Complete The Puzzle	The musketeers strived to save the queen's _____. In The Beginning, ______ had ran into three musketeers.. The Country This Story Takes Place In. For Saving the queen's honor, Dartagnan's reward was a _____.. The musketeer who once loved milady..	Teenage
The Tragedy of Macbeth		Queen of the witches. According to the witches' prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.. the witches showed Macbeth . Macbeth's servant. the Prince of Cumberland..	Big
The Trojan War		Helens husband was?. The goddess of love who favored the Trojans. . He took Helen to Troy.. In what current country was the Trojan war fought.. How many years did the war last?.	Hard
The Whipping Boy		a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.. a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle. . paved with stones. knee-length trousers commonly worn by men and boys in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. . a loud, sharp, shrill cry.	Older Children
Their Eyes Were Watching God	by Zora Neale Hurston	Janies first husband, who she leaves for Starks. in which relationship does Janie become jealous of another woman. Joe Starks bought this to make Janie happy. Janie is put on trial for Tea Cakes death she is pronounced what?. where does Janie return to at the end of the novel.	Teenage
Their Eyes Were Watching God	by Zora Neale Hurston (made by Lanza Attisha English 3H block 1)	Janies first husband, who she leaves for Starks. In her relationship with who does Janie become jealous of another woman. Joe Starks bought this to make Janie happy. Janie is put on trial for Tea Cakes death she is pronounced what. Where does Janie return to at the end of the novel.	Hard
Three Skeleton Key		the sailor of the ship. The group of rats weren't getting smaller. vast; very great. group or clique of people. That was a lumernous light.	Hard
Timescape		The town the Kings used to live in.. The ship in the portal that the younger brother was sucked into.. The older brother that enjoys movie making.. The large man who stole the kid's mother.. The younger brother that likes to play soccer..	Hard
To Kill a Mockingbird Characters	Adjectives	boyish. strict. cantankerous. well-respected. mysterious.	Older Children
Tolkien	These are mostly from the book, but there are some movie references too.	Elf-king killed in battle with Sauron. The plains of Mordor. The morning star of Middle-Earth. Not over-fond of dwarves, but likes a good story. Capital city of the Shire.	Very Difficult
Tom Sawyer		displaying wealth, knowledge, etc., in a way that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy. to speak in an angry or critical way to someone who had done something wrong. a band worn about the waist or over one shoulder and used as a dress accessory or the emblem of an honorary or military order. destined, decreed, determined, appointed, or settled beforehand. a tall machine with a long part like an arm that is used to move or lift heavy things, especially on ships.	Hard
Tom Sawyer		so large or great that it amazes you. feeling or showing a desire not to do what someone has told or ordered you to do . sad because a family member or friend has recently dies. the loud ringing of bells; a loud sound or series of sounds. movement of an airplane, ship, etc., to the left or right; especially unwanted left or right movement.	Big
Two Wolves		What card shows detail about you?. What is the title of this book we are advertising?. What is the girls name O....?. A long bed of water?. This is the opposite to grandmother?.	Big
Types of Genre		The story of a real person's life written by another person. A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life. A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. A verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. . A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.	Big
Types of Poetry		similar to cinquain and shaped like diamond. A five line poem with rhyme and AABBA and humorous. A poem that tells a story. A Japanese poem with three lines with a focus on nature. A four line poem with rhyme scheme AABB or ABCB.	Hard
Understanding Text		An idea in the text. What someone thinks. One way to get public support for a cause. Beast. To treat with extreme unkindness.	Teenage
Understanding Theme		Often times, a theme is directly stated in this type of story. The author provides _________ to help the reader 'guess' the theme. 'Loyalty is the best proof of friendship,' is an example of ___________. Theme is a message about life, from the author to the ___________.. Occasionally, the theme can be ____________ stated and the author tells you the lesson to be learned.	Older Children
Verbs		'You walk' is singular. Word that expresses an action or a state of being?. 'She walks' is singular 'They walk' is plural. The child feels happy. 'I walk' is singular 'We walk' is plural.	Older Children
Vikram Seth		he spent a part of his childhood in. his father's name was. after his graduation he went to _________ school in england to complete his a-levels. he had ______ siblings. he spent a part of his youth in.	Hard
Virginia Hamilton		Type of literature she wrote. State she was born. People she wrote books for. Medal won in 1975. The People Could Fly was a black American _________.	Big
Vocabulary	American Literature	Document of the pilgrim’s beginnings. Written by William Bradford.. Puritans who saw no hope to reform the Church of England. First immigrated to the Netherlands.. An era with more of a focus on science and less on religion. Allowed for religious freedom in the colonies. Puritan led.. The colonies revolution against Britain.	Older Children
Vocabulary Geometry		intersection point of the altitudes of a triangle. centroid of a triangle is located ____ ____ the distance from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite the vertex on a median. point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle. ____ of the vertices in a similarity statement is important. ____ similarity if the measures of two sides of a triangle are proportional to the measures of two corresponding sides of another triangle and the included angles are congruent.	Hard
Vocabulary of Poetry	Use the clue to help you fill in the answer boxes in the puzzle	a comparison of two seemingly unlike things. type of poem that doesn't have any specific characteristics. giving human characteristics to non-human things. ideas related to a word. line or group of lines repeated at regular intervals throughout a poem.	Big
W H Auden		What class of degree did he get?. Which university did he attend?. What was Auden's middle name?. In which city was he born?. How did he die? In his .......	Hard
Walt Whitman		What was he?. What's his last name?. What month was he born?. What age was he when he ended his education? . Where was he born?.	Older Children
Walt Whitman Poems		You cannot really ________ America without Walt Whitman.. Whitman worked as a volunteer what in army hospitals?. Where did Whitman travel to care for his brother?. What belongs to the day?. How soon _______ I became tired and sick..	Big
What's the Persuasive Technique?		A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. Evokes emotion within the reader.. Based on the belief that traditional family arrangements are the best foundation for individuals and society. Leaders readers to feel that some arrangements threaten the moral fabric of society.. One's own desires should be placed ahead of others'. Suggests to the reader that their interests are in competition with or threatened. . The implied or associative meaning of a word. A statement that is in the form of a question but no answer is needed. It positions the reader to assume their answer will be the same as the writer..	Hard
Who Wrote That?	Enter the writer's last name that matches the work	Young Goodman Brown. Introduction to Nature. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. An Occurrence Owl Creek Bridge. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South.	Big
William Blake		The protagonist of Songs of Innocence. The representation of Satan in the 'Marriadge of Heaven and Hell'. The adjective that describes the lamb . Where the tyger was created . In the first and last stanza the rhyme scheme is.	Big
William Shakespeare		The place he was born in.. The month his birthday and the day he died is in. One of the most famous sayings in one of his plays. The number of siblings he had. This was one of his occupations.	Older Children
Word Wall	find the word that matches the sentence.	describes on thing as if it were something else . language that is not meant to be taken litteraly . gives human qualities to a nonhuman subject . the use of words that imitate sounds like splat, hiss, and gurgle. a line or group of lines in a poem that is repeated at regular intervals .	Big
Words From Shakesphere		without disguise . little remains of it . a rush of wind . to spend money carefully and sparingly . 'large and outstanding'.	Older Children
Wordsworth		the place were Wordsworth studied . it is also called Mother. the place where he and his wife lived. these are described in the poetry. Wordsworth's favourite flowers.	Hard
World Literature		end. the state of being well. do. to hold fast. buy back.	Big
Writers		He was the person who wrote the beautiful 'Animal Farm'.. He was the person who wrotethe long 'Lord of the Rings'.. He was the American writer who wrote 'The Princess Bride'.. He was the writer who wrote 'Treasure Island'.. He was the writer that wrote 'Romeo and Juliet' nd thanks to this drama he is very famous..	Big
Writing		using like or as. language that appeals to the sense. where the story told from. a story about someone's life told from another persons pov. the time period and place.	Very Difficult
Writing	forms and reports	A report that includes the group calculations such as subtotals, but does not include the individual detail lines is called a ____ report. Once you create mailing labels, you can customize them just as you can customize other reports. In ____ view, you can add a picture to the label, change the font size, adjust the spacing between controls, or make any other desired changes. . controls are not associated with data from the database and are used to display such things as the report’s title. To assign a theme to a single object, click the Themes button (Design tab | Themes group) to display the Theme ____. . The contents of the ____ section print once at the beginning of the report.	Older Children
Writing Techniques		Hints about what will happen next in a story. Compares two things without using the words like or as. A concrete object used to represent an idea. Exaggeration used to emphasize a point. Putting two words or ideas close together to create a contrasting of ideas.	Hard
Writing Techniques	INFORMATIVE PERSUASIVE ARGUEMENTATIVE	CATCHY BEGINNING. LOGICAL SENSE. TRUE PROVEN TO BE TRUE. TOPIC. MAIN POINTS.	Big
Writing Words and Concepts		What must every complete sentence have?. The first sentence in the paragraph.. First, Next, Finally, In conclusion are all examples of these.. What must the detail sentences be to the topic or main idea?. What is one of the two detail sentences that gives additional information?.	Older Children
Writing Words and Concepts		What must be at the end of each complete sentence?. What every complete sentences must have at least one of?. What is another name for a simple sentence?. How many formulas are there for simple sentences?. What is another way to combine two simple sentences to make a compound sentence?.	Older Children
Zeus		Home of Zeus and all the gods.. symbol of Zeus. . Zeus's brother god of the sea.. Zeus's wife. . Zeus was the god of___..	Older Children
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