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Reading crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 3 Place to borrow books for free
- 7 List of terms defined at the back
- 9 Alphabetical guide to page numbers
- 10 Group of sentences with an indented start
- 11 Made-up storytelling
- 12 Author's note before the main text
- 14 Kind of letter in "knee," or a quiet reading time
Down
- 1 Sequence of events in a tale
- 2 Book with a soft cover
- 4 Ribbon or slip that saves your place
- 5 Long work of fiction
- 6 Numbered division of a book
- 7 Mystery or science fiction, for example
- 8 Voice telling the story
- 13 Person who wrote the story
- 14 Read quickly for the main idea
Print the page above, or take the easy grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: PLOT. Sequence of events in a tale
- 2 down: PAPERBACK. Book with a soft cover
- 3 across: LIBRARY. Place to borrow books for free
- 4 down: BOOKMARK. Ribbon or slip that saves your place
- 5 down: NOVEL. Long work of fiction
- 6 down: CHAPTER. Numbered division of a book
- 7 across: GLOSSARY. List of terms defined at the back
- 7 down: GENRE. Mystery or science fiction, for example
- 8 down: NARRATOR. Voice telling the story
- 9 across: INDEX. Alphabetical guide to page numbers
- 10 across: PARAGRAPH. Group of sentences with an indented start
- 11 across: FICTION. Made-up storytelling
- 12 across: PREFACE. Author's note before the main text
- 13 down: AUTHOR. Person who wrote the story
- 14 across: SILENT. Kind of letter in "knee," or a quiet reading time
- 14 down: SKIM. Read quickly for the main idea
Across
- 1 Mystery or science fiction, for example
- 5 Alphabetical guide to page numbers
- 6 Person who wrote the story
- 7 Author's note before the main text
- 8 Read quickly for the main idea
- 9 Sequence of events in a tale
- 10 Group of sentences with an indented start
- 14 Numbered division of a book
- 15 Long work of fiction
Down
- 2 Voice telling the story
- 3 Kind of letter in "knee," or a quiet reading time
- 4 Ribbon or slip that saves your place
- 9 Book with a soft cover
- 11 List of terms defined at the back
- 12 Place to borrow books for free
- 13 Made-up storytelling
Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 across: GENRE. Mystery or science fiction, for example
- 2 down: NARRATOR. Voice telling the story
- 3 down: SILENT. Kind of letter in "knee," or a quiet reading time
- 4 down: BOOKMARK. Ribbon or slip that saves your place
- 5 across: INDEX. Alphabetical guide to page numbers
- 6 across: AUTHOR. Person who wrote the story
- 7 across: PREFACE. Author's note before the main text
- 8 across: SKIM. Read quickly for the main idea
- 9 across: PLOT. Sequence of events in a tale
- 9 down: PAPERBACK. Book with a soft cover
- 10 across: PARAGRAPH. Group of sentences with an indented start
- 11 down: GLOSSARY. List of terms defined at the back
- 12 down: LIBRARY. Place to borrow books for free
- 13 down: FICTION. Made-up storytelling
- 14 across: CHAPTER. Numbered division of a book
- 15 across: NOVEL. Long work of fiction
Across
- 5 Ribbon or slip that saves your place
- 6 Author's note before the main text
- 7 Voice telling the story
- 8 Group of sentences with an indented start
- 10 Long work of fiction
- 12 Read quickly for the main idea
- 14 Place to borrow books for free
- 15 Sequence of events in a tale
- 16 Alphabetical guide to page numbers
Down
- 1 Person who wrote the story
- 2 Numbered division of a book
- 3 Kind of letter in "knee," or a quiet reading time
- 4 Book with a soft cover
- 9 List of terms defined at the back
- 11 Mystery or science fiction, for example
- 13 Made-up storytelling
Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: AUTHOR. Person who wrote the story
- 2 down: CHAPTER. Numbered division of a book
- 3 down: SILENT. Kind of letter in "knee," or a quiet reading time
- 4 down: PAPERBACK. Book with a soft cover
- 5 across: BOOKMARK. Ribbon or slip that saves your place
- 6 across: PREFACE. Author's note before the main text
- 7 across: NARRATOR. Voice telling the story
- 8 across: PARAGRAPH. Group of sentences with an indented start
- 9 down: GLOSSARY. List of terms defined at the back
- 10 across: NOVEL. Long work of fiction
- 11 down: GENRE. Mystery or science fiction, for example
- 12 across: SKIM. Read quickly for the main idea
- 13 down: FICTION. Made-up storytelling
- 14 across: LIBRARY. Place to borrow books for free
- 15 across: PLOT. Sequence of events in a tale
- 16 across: INDEX. Alphabetical guide to page numbers
About Reading
Books carry a hidden architecture, and most of it has a name. A preface speaks before the story starts, a glossary explains its unusual words, and an index sends you straight to a page without reading everything between. The narrator is a voice inside the book, not the author who wrote it. This crossword works through that vocabulary: parts of a book, ways of reading such as skimming or reading silently, and the categories that sort fiction into genres.
Reach for this sheet in a language arts class or a library session when students are learning the terms that describe how books are built and how they are read.
What is in this crossword
A 16 by 19 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Reading.
- Grid
- 16 x 19
- Across
- 7
- Down
- 9
- Longest answer
- PAPERBACK (9 letters)