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English 101 Crossword Puzzle

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We all could use an English refresher now and then! This crossword will test your recollection of grammatical items, literary terms, and famous names. Good luck!
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      1. Repetitive consonant sounds
      7. "___ and behold"- literary phrase
      9. Stories were originally "told"/passed on in this tradition
      10. Irish author ___ O'Neill, who wrote "At Swim, Two Boys"
      11. Ivy League university famous for its Eng/Lit department
      12. "Missing ___: A Novel" by Joyce Carol Oates
      14. Action words
      16. "A Street-___ Named Desire" written by Tennessee Williams
      17. A poem for the grieving
      18. Third-person pronoun
      19. Initials of J.K. Rowling's protagonist
      20. C.S. Lewis' novel, "The ___, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
      22. "A long, long time ___"
      23. Scandinavian sagas tell the stories of these warriors
      27. Fairy tale character Peter ___
      28. Serious story told on a stage
      31. Another word for story
      32. Mythological figure in Hindu literature
      33. Mr. Hyde is Dr. Jekyll's literary alter-___
      34. TV drama "Hawaii ___ ___" (2 wds)
      35. Children's author ___ Seuss (abbr)
      36. "___ Street"- novel by Sinclair Lewis
      37. Important characters do this in a tragedy
      39. Not out
      40. Walter Scott's novel, "Rob ___"
      41. Person, place, or thing
      44. The idiom " ___ and flow."
      45. Yann Martel's fictional "Life of ___"
      46. Antonym for "off"
      47. A narrative folk song or poem
      48. "Just ___ Stories" by Rudyard Kipling
      49. Initials for "The Cherry Orchard" playwright

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      1. Describing word
      2. Five-line poem
      3. Main idea of a story
      4. Words that end with a similar sound
      5. "The Mystery of ___ ___ Cottage" by Enid Blyton
      6. Long short-story or short novel
      7. "Mary Had a Little ___"
      8. Good ___' boy- stock character in Southern lit
      13. "Beowulf" was written in ___ English
      15. Opposite of antonym
      21. Initials for "Lolita" novelist
      22. Shakespeare's comedy "___ You Like It"
      24. Term whose meaning cannot be understood from a factual definition
      25. Suspenseful, frightening novel style
      26. Neither/nor; either/____
      27. When a writer humorously copies the style of another writer
      28. Stated the meaning of a word
      29. Words that describe verbs
      30. Stories are told in the first or third-___
      38. A long narrative poem
      41. Bond novel, "Dr. ___" by Fleming
      42. Initials of evil character in Bloch's novel "Psycho"
      43. Latin abbr. et ___., meaning "and others"
      45. What Laura called her Father in "The Little House on the Prairie"