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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Play with a partner. Guess a letter: if it is in the word, write it in the blanks; if not, draw the next part of the hangman.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1.

Hint: United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science

2.

Hint: United States writer and poet

3.

Hint: United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times

4.

Hint: United States classical archaeologist noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora

5.

Hint: United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States

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8.

Hint: English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher

9.

Hint: English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers

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11.

Hint: A romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life