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Literature And Writing Word Searches
All items below are categorized by their difficulty level and target audience so you can pick the perfect level of fun and education. We put them in alphabetical order and show the words hidden in the grid so you can quickly page through the list and find one that meets your needs. The words can be in several directions or only forward and down if you need something for the youngsters. To view or print a Literature And Writing word search puzzle click on its title. Once you've clicked a title you see a link to separate answer grid page with hints for the teachers that show where the words start. Our most important instruction is that we want you to be sure to have fun while you learn!!!
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Puzzle Words |
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Works of Charles Dickens
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Fifteen of his books, some of which you may never have heard
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, BARNABY RUDGE, BLEAK HOUSE, DAVID COPPERFIELD, DOMBEY AND SON, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, HARD TIMES, LITTLE DORRIT, MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, OLIVER TWIST, OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Works of Edgar Allan Poe
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ANNABELLEE, BLACKCAT, CASKOFARMONTILLADO, CONQUERORWORM, ELEANORA, FALLOFHOUSEOFUSHER, GOLDBUG, LENORE, LIGEIA, LOSSOFBREATH, MANOFTHECROWD, MASQUEOFREDDEATH, MORELLA, MURDERSINRUEMORGUE, NEVERMORE, OBLONGBOX, PITANDPENDULUM, PURLOINEDLETTER, SPIRITSOFTHEDEAD, TAMERLANE, TELLTALEHEART, THEBELL, THERAVEN
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writer
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ALPHABET, ARTICLE, AUTHOR, BIOGRAPHY, BOOK, CHARACTER, CHLICHE, CONVERSATION, COPYRIGHT, COVER, CREATIVE, DEADLINE, DESIGN, DIALOGUE, DICTIONARY, DRAFT, DRAMA, EDIT, EDITOR, FANTASY, FONT, GENRE, JOURNAL, JOURNALIST, LETTER, LIST, LITERATURE, LYRIC, MELODY, MUSIC, NAME, NOTE, NOVEL, NOVELIST, PAPER, PENCIL, POEM, POET, POETRY, READ, RESEARCH, RHYME, SENTENCE, SONG, STORY, TEXT, TITLE, VERSE, WORD, WRITE
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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ACTIONS, ANTARCTICA, AVERAGE, BREED, CHARACTERS, COMPARE, DETAILS, DRAFT, EDIT, FICTION, FOLKTALE, FROZEN, ORGANIZE, PARTNER, PLOT, PREWRITE, PROCESS, PUBLISH, REVISE, SETTING, TRADE
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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ANTAGONIST, AUTHOR PURPOSE, CHARACTER, CLIMAX, CONFLICT, EXPOSITION, FALLING ACTION, HYPERBOLE, METAPHOR, MOOD, PERSONIFICATION, PLOT, POINT OF VIEW, PROTAGONIST, RESOLUTION, RISING ACTION, SETTING, SIMILE, SYMBOLISM, THEME, TONE
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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ACTION, AUDIENCE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BRAINSTORM, CHARACTERS, CLASSROOM, COMEDY, COMPARE, CONFLICT, CONTRAST, CREATIVE, DETAILS, DIALOGUE, DRAFT, DRAMA, EDIT, EFFORT, EMOTIONAL, ERASE, EXPRESSIVE, FICTION, FOLKTALE, HUMOR, LOVE, MOOD, NONFICTION, ORGANIZE, PAGE, PARAGRAPH, PARTNER, PEN, PENCIL, PERSISTENCE, PLOT, POETRY, PREWRITE, PROCESS, PUBLISH, QUOTATIONS, RESOLUTION, REVISE, SEQUENCE, SETTING, SOLILOQUY, TEACHER, THEME, TITLE, TONE, TYPING, WRITING
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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ARTICLE, AUTHOR, CHARACTERS, CONCLUSION, DOUBLE SPACE, EVALUATION, EXPERT, FACTS, FORMAT, INDENT, MLA, PARAGRAPHS, SOURCE, THESIS STATEMENT, TITLE, WEB ADDRESS
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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ALLITERATION, BODY, BRAINSTORM, CHOOSE, COMPUTER, CONCLUSION, DETAILS, DIAGRAM, EDIT, EXAMPLES, EXPLANATORY, EXPOSITORY, FACTS, FIRST, GRAMMAR, GRAPHIC, HOW TO, HYPERBOLE, METAPHOR, NARRATIVE, NEXT, OPENING, PAPER, PARAGRAPHS, PEN, PERSUASIVE, PLAN, PROOFREAD, REREAD, SECOND, SENTENCES, SIDE, SIMILE, STATEMENTS, STORIES, SUMMARY, THINKING, TRANSITIONS, TYPES, WEB
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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CIRCLE the words. COLOR each word.
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ACTION, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB, ARTICLE, BEING, COMMON, CONJUNCTION, DRAFT, EDIT, NOUN, PLURAL, POSESSIVE, PREPOSITION, PREWRITE, PRONOUN, PROPER, PUBLISH, REVISE, SINGULAR, VERB
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing
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ANNOTATE, ANTONYMS, ARTICLE, ATTACK, AUTHOR, COMMAS, CONCLUSION, DISCUSS, ELABORATION, EVIDENCE, FINALLY, GRAMMAR, HIGHLIGHT, INFORMATIVE, INTRODUCTION, LASTLY, OPINION, PARAGRAPH, PARAPHRASING, PLANNING, POINTS, PROMPT, PUNCTUATION, QUOTATIONS, QUOTES, REASONS, SECONDLY, SOURCE, SUM IT UP, SYNONYMS, THINK, TO BEGIN WITH, TPEES, TRANSITIONS, TREES, UNDERLINE, VOCABULARY, WORDS, WRITING
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing Ingredients
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ADJECTIVE, ADVERB, CAPITAL LETTERS, CONNECTIVE, CONTRACTION, FINGER SPACES, FRONTED ADVERBIAL, OPENER, PUNCTUATION, SPEECH MARKS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Writing Terms
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ADAGE, ADVERTISEMENT, AFFIX, ALLITERATION, ANALOGY, ANALYSIS, ANALYZE, ANTONYM, ARTICLE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, CATEGORIZE, CAUSE AND EFFECT, CHARACTERISTIC, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, COMPREHENSION, CONCLUDE, CREATE, DESCRIBE, DESIGN, DIAGRAM, DRAMA, EFFECT, EVALUATE, EXPRESSION, FABLE, FICTION, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, FREE VERSE, GENRE, GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, HISTORICAL EVENT, HISTORICAL FICTION, IDENTITY, IDIOM, INFERENCE, ITALICS, JUDGE, JUSTIFY, LITERARY NONFICTION, MESSAGE, MYTH, NONFICTION, ONOMATOPOEIA, PARAPHRASE, PERSONIFICATION, PERSUADE, POINT OF VIEW, PREDICTION, RHYME SCHEME
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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