Miguel de Cervantes

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Miguel de Cervantes born?September 29, 1547 (estimated)
2. When did Miguel de Cervantes die?April 22, 1616 (age 68)
3. Where was Miguel de Cervantes born?Alcalá de Henares, Spain
4. What is the career?Soldier, captive, purchasing agent, tax collector, poet, playwright, and novelist
5. Who was Miguel de Cervantes?Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish writer born in 1547 who is best known for writing the famous book Don Quixote.
6. Why did Cervantes become a soldier?He joined the Spanish infantry to serve his country, fighting in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.

Chivalric Romance: A genre of prose and verse narrative popular in medieval and Renaissance literature, focusing on knights and their adventures.
Picaresque Novel: A genre of fiction that depicts the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class, often told in the first person.
Meta-fiction: Fiction that consciously draws attention to its own status as a work of art, often by discussing its own construction.