Literary Devices
Across
- 1. a sudden realization
- 3. referencing to events to come
- 6. Purposely or accidentally messing up a timeline
- 8. A comparative phrase, "I am a singing mockingbird"
- 9. A reference to different events or things
- 10. a statement that can't logically be true
- 12. A saying that has a meaning other than its literal meaning. "Don't cut any corners"
- 13. A sentence actually converting something opposite of its literal meaning
- 14. A phrase or entire work used to criticize something with irony
- 15. Comparing one thing to another: as ____ is to ___, ___ is to ___
- 18. Author's word choice
- 19. A pairing of seemingly contradictory terms in a sentence
- 20. "sandy sees sea shells on the sea shore"
- 21. Description type authors use to paint an image in your head.
- 22. Personifying an animal
- 24. a poem expressing grief over death
Down
- 2. Giving inanimate objects a persona or making them seem more human
- 4. A metaphor using "like" or "as"
- 5. "There were a million bees in the house!"
- 7. The general feeling the author evokes in a text
- 11. An informal piece of dialogue commonly used in conversation
- 14. A deeper meaning than meets the eye
- 16. Types of devices authors use to enhance their writing
- 17. The Authors narrative attitude to a subject
- 23. symbolizes an idea or event