Descriptive Techniques

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Across
  1. 2. deliberate exaggeration for effect
  2. 4. the sound of fireworks
  3. 5. an onomatopoeia that imitates a sudden loud noise
  4. 8. I've seen this movie a __________ times before
  5. 10. my teacher is a walking _____________ because she knows so many words
  6. 11. the sun ___________ down at me
  7. 13. the bag was as light as a ___________
  8. 15. human characteristics given to inanimate objects
  9. 17. the thunder _________ angrily
Down
  1. 1. this part of speech is used to describe nouns and pronouns
  2. 3. the forming of a word by imitating the sound the word is referring to
  3. 6. making a comparison to describe by saying that something is something else
  4. 7. making a description by comparing using the words "like" or "as"
  5. 9. I'm so hungry I could eat a __________
  6. 10. the joke was so funny that I almost ______ of laughter
  7. 12. when opportunity _________, open the door
  8. 14. an onomatopoeia that imitates the sound of a bird
  9. 16. the wind ________ (something done playfully) the leaves of the tree until the fell off