NATIONAL LITERACY WEEK

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Across
  1. 3. the wind whispers or the stars dance, this figure of speech is at play.
  2. 7. This is what was used to refer to the early settlers of Britain.
  3. 8. The English term for a common way of exacting mob justice first that was first used in in 1618, particularly by throwing the accused/violator through a window.
  4. 11. describe that is oriented or positioned across or perpendicular to a particular axis or direction.
  5. 14. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
  6. 16. a type of style in which word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, and formality combined to create a 'voice' through which a story is told.
  7. 19. This playwright's quill brought two feuding families together in the name of love.
  8. 20. Collection or group of collections of books and/or other print or nonprint materials organized and maintained
  9. 23. It often implies a gentle or understand demeanor, sometimes with a touch or property or decorum.
  10. 24. A literary gathering where verses or tales are bound between covers.
Down
  1. 1. Symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet
  2. 2. describe something that is unusual, unique, or distinctive in a way that stands out.
  3. 4. He made the greatest contribution to English literature, making novels a hugely popular form of leisure. His works of art were the first publishing "blockbusters."
  4. 5. From this particular Russian writer's selection of books, this one was what he considered the first true novel.
  5. 6. Derived from the Latin littera, “a letter of the alphabet,” it is first and foremost humankind’s entire body of writing and also functions more broadly in society as a means of both criticising and affirming cultural values.
  6. 9. A world where dragons, wizards, and other impossibilities thrive.
  7. 10. character you cheer for, but sometimes is flawed.
  8. 12. was the first English poet to fully express the time's new hopes and aspirations. And he turned English into a completely poetic language.
  9. 13. From the early ages of literature, this particular tale notes the adventure of a certain king, as he sets on a journey towards home after a war. In this particular story, he had met a cyclops that had nearly ended his and most of his men's lives. How did this king introduce himself to the cyclops?
  10. 14. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
  11. 15. something that is not pertinent or related to the matter at hand.
  12. 17. unit of pronounciation having one vowel or sound, with or without surrounding constants
  13. 18. From a particularly famous political author's work, this foctional country is the main setting of the novel, where truth is suppressed and the people live in ignorance enforced by the ruling party.
  14. 21. it is the first and most well-known work of Old English Literature, and it represents the pinnacle of heroism in literature.
  15. 22. it generally refers to acting dishonesty or unfairly to gain an advantage or avoid something unpleasant.