The Great Gatsby

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually (5)
  2. 8. The widespread aspiration of ___ to live better than their parents did (13)
  3. 10. A strong feeling of care and affection (4)
  4. 11. The state of being rich and affluent (6)
  5. 12. A feeling of ___ envy (8)
  6. 13. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (6)
  7. 14. An impression in a surface (4)
  8. 16. An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented (6)

Down

  1. 1. The emotion of intense dislike (6)
  2. 2. A writer who reports and analyzes events of the day (11)
  3. 3. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development (9)
  4. 5. A vaguely specified social event (plural) (7)
  5. 6. Author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (6)
  6. 7. Celebration with friends (plural) (7)
  7. 9. A person of enduring fame (8)
  8. 15. Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers (6)