Figurative Language Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 6. contradictory terms—a blending of opposites
- 7. a word that sounds the same as its meaning
- 8. small unit within a larger poem
- 9. the speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem
- 12. compares two things using like or as
- 13. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words and within adjacent words
- 14. A physical object that represents something abstract
- 16. repeated words or phrases
- 17. the use of language to evoke sensory experience
Down
- 1. the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
- 2. the repetition of vowel sounds
- 3. a meaning of a word that differs from its literal meaning.
- 4. nonhuman things given human characteristics
- 5. exaggeration
- 10. compares two things without like or as
- 11. Language descriptions that differ from literal meanings
- 15. the way the author makes the reader feel.