Literary Devices

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Across
  1. 2. Repetition of words at the start of successive clauses.
  2. 3. Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
  3. 9. Harsh, discordant sounds.
  4. 11. A narrative with both literal and symbolic meaning.
  5. 13. Placing two contrasting ideas side by side.
  6. 14. Repetition of consonant sounds in words.
  7. 15. Words that imitate sounds.
  8. 19. When a poetic line flows into the next without pause.
Down
  1. 1. Self-contradictory statement that reveals a truth.
  2. 4. Addressing an absent or imaginary person/thing directly.
  3. 5. Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis.
  4. 6. Repetition of words at the end of successive clauses.
  5. 7. A part stands for the whole, or the whole for a part.
  6. 8. Two-word paradox (e.g., deafening silence).
  7. 10. Repetition of vowel sounds within words.
  8. 12. When the opposite of what’s expected occurs.
  9. 14. Inversion of the order of words/phrases for effect.
  10. 16. Reference to another text, person, or event.
  11. 17. Mild or indirect word substituted for something harsh.
  12. 18. Substitution of something closely related for the thing itself.