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Classic Books

Easy · 11×11 · 13 words
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  1. 1. A book with a flexible thin cover
  2. 4. A story centered on love and relationships
  3. 9. A person who actively opposes the main character
  4. 10. An account of imaginary or real people and events
  5. 11. A long fictional story in book form
  6. 12. The main events of a story

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  1. 2. The leading character in a fictional text
  2. 3. To look at and understand written words
  3. 5. A person who corrects and prepares a manuscript for publication
  4. 6. A numbered section of a book
  5. 7. The person who wrote the book
  6. 8. Literature that describes imaginary events and people

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National Book Lovers Day

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  1. 1. Mightier than the sword, proverbially
  2. 2. Enemies-to-lovers is a popular one
  3. 4. Short profile on the dust jacket
  4. 5. Slang for the romantic heat level in modern novels
  5. 9. Devoted community analyzing every chapter
  6. 11. The narrative arc that thickens
  7. 12. Format narrated by voice actors
  8. 13. Sci-fi, mystery, or historical fiction

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  1. 1. Writing that isn't structured as poetry
  2. 2. A yarn spun by a storyteller
  3. 3. Grand in scale, like the Odyssey
  4. 6. A milestone to reach before turning off the lamp
  5. 7. Dictionary found at the back of a textbook
  6. 8. The mind behind the manuscript
  7. 10. Nonfiction's alphabetical reference section
  8. 11. It might be dog-eared by a careless reader

lord of the rings

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  1. 2. The vast body of water crossed to reach the Undying Lands
  2. 3. The hobbit tasked with destroying the jewelry

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  1. 1. An immortal being with pointed ears
  2. 2. A weapon used by Aragorn in battle
  3. 4. A corrupted soldier serving the dark lord

Throne of glass deep lore crosswords

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  1. 1. A mountain of iron and shadow where wings were bred
  2. 2. A river that flows through the heart of the empire
  3. 3. The title of the yellowlegs leader
  4. 5. A princess of flowers and flames who sacrificed all
  5. 9. The goddess of the hearth and home
  6. 10. A healer who used a sun-spark to cleanse the dark
  7. 11. The element of the lost queen
  8. 15. A city of stone and glass on the Avery
  9. 17. The middle brother of the dark triumvirate
  10. 18. A princess of light who made a terrible bargain
  11. 19. An empire built on the bones of magic
  12. 23. The city of light and snow in the north
  13. 24. A name for the god of the sun
  14. 25. The sword of the king that sings of ice

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  1. 1. The wing-leader with eyes of gold and a heart of iron
  2. 2. The desert where the assassins train
  3. 4. The lion of Doranelle with a son of the north
  4. 6. A queen of the Fae who became a goddess
  5. 7. A queen who stole a sister's skin and a kingdom's heart
  6. 8. The force that binds the stars and the marks
  7. 12. The first king of the north who carried the flame
  8. 13. The spiders that weave with silk and secrets
  9. 14. The demons of the dark realm
  10. 16. The sword that speaks only the truth
  11. 20. A torturer who met his end in a coffin of iron
  12. 21. A thief from the north who escaped the glass castle
  13. 22. The element of the hawk prince

reading

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  1. 1. Creative writing arranged in lines and stanzas
  2. 5. The person who writes a book
  3. 7. A set of written pages bound together

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  1. 2. A person who corrects and prepares text
  2. 3. The material that pages are made of
  3. 4. A large book size
  4. 6. The colored liquid used for printing words

liebes kahaniyan

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  1. 3. A deep feeling of intense affection
  2. 5. Very loving or loyal to someone
  3. 6. A social meeting between two people

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  1. 1. For all future time
  2. 2. A person who is dearly loved
  3. 4. The organ often associated with feelings of romance

Literature

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  1. 2. The underlying message or subject of a work
  2. 4. A work of art of recognized and established value
  3. 5. Literary work in which intensity is given to the expression of feelings

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  1. 1. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm
  2. 2. A narrative or story
  3. 3. A person who corrects and refines a manuscript

Literature

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  1. 2. The main sequence of events in a story
  2. 3. A set of printed pages bound together inside a cover
  3. 5. The actual words of a printed work
  4. 7. A historical account written from personal knowledge
  5. 9. Literature describing imaginary events and people
  6. 11. The brave main character of a narrative
  7. 13. A play for theater television or radio
  8. 14. A main division of a book usually numbered

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  1. 1. A long fictional story book
  2. 2. A piece of writing that often uses rhythm and rhyme
  3. 4. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form
  4. 6. A group of three related novels
  5. 8. A person who corrects and prepares a manuscript
  6. 10. The central topic or idea within a narrative
  7. 12. One side of a sheet of paper in a volume

Summer Beach Reads

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  1. 1. Lotion letters you apply before diving into chapter one
  2. 5. A work of fiction perfect for a summer escape
  3. 7. The front art you shouldn't judge a story by
  4. 9. Fabric you lay on while devouring a bestseller
  5. 10. Last name of the author who wrote 'The Night We Met'
  6. 13. First name of the author behind 'Our Perfect Storm'
  7. 14. Category like romance or mystery
  8. 15. The creative mind behind your favorite summer hit

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  1. 2. Leaf in a paperback
  2. 3. Last name of the 'Our Perfect Storm' author Carley
  3. 4. Made-up stories that offer a great escape
  4. 6. The back-of-the-book teaser that hooks you
  5. 8. Love-centric genre that dominates the summer bestseller lists
  6. 11. Gritty stuff that inevitably ends up between the pages
  7. 12. The narrative arc that keeps you hooked under the umbrella

Crea un crucigrama con 5 conceptos y/o nombres de autores u obras, abordadas en clase sobre la literatura barroca, recuerda que cada concepto debe tener: 1. Una pista la cual corresponde a su definici

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  1. 2. Tratado donde Lope explica su nueva forma de hacer comedia
  2. 4. Estado de aislamiento que inspiro las Soledades
  3. 7. Segun Calderon de la Barca esta no es mas que un sueño
  4. 9. Movimiento cultural caracterizado por el exceso y el desengano
  5. 12. Deidad que inspira la creacion del poeta
  6. 13. El origen del sufrimiento humano segun la vision barroca
  7. 15. Fenix de los ingenios y autor de Fuenteovejuna
  8. 16. Poema de tono elevado destinado a la exaltacion
  9. 17. Figura de maxima autoridad en las comedias de honor

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  1. 1. Composicion poetica de catorce versos muy usada en el Barroco
  2. 3. Genero que alcanzo gran popularidad con Lope de Vega
  3. 5. Metal precioso que da nombre al siglo mas brillante de las letras
  4. 6. Estado que confunde la realidad en la obra de Calderon
  5. 8. Mezcla de lo tragico y lo comico en el teatro
  6. 9. Nombre del famoso picaro protagonista de la novela de Quevedo
  7. 10. Estilo rebuscado tambien llamado culteranismo
  8. 11. Coincidencia de sonidos al final de los versos
  9. 14. Accion de percibir el engaño de los sentidos
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