25 Literary Devices
Across
- 4. refers to the wrong time period
- 5. the use of humor to ridicule ideas or people
- 8. contradictory statement (Less is more.)
- 9. an object or idea to represent something abstract
- 12. using a character's vocabulary or accent
- 14. two differing elements next to one another
- 16. repeated idea or object throughout
- 18. Everyone hates me!
- 22. changing offensive word to a more agreeable one
- 23. Boom! Pop!
- 25. speaking to oneself about events
Down
- 1. author suggests future event
- 2. her tears were a river
- 3. Better safe than sorry
- 6. o woeful, woeful day
- 7. referring to previous events
- 10. a part of something used to describe the whole
- 11. subtle reference to something familiar like Bible
- 13. jumbo shrimp (contradicting terms)
- 15. mood created by author
- 17. visual descriptive language
- 19. The computer stared back at me
- 20. simple, symbolic characters & event to convey a deeper meaning
- 21. She flew like a bird.
- 24. start with same letter or sound