Literary Devices Review

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Across
  1. 2. a very short story from your life
  2. 6. comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
  3. 7. type of satire that is very thinly viewed; accusatory
  4. 10. a word that imitates the sound of something, an example is "bow-wow"
  5. 13. symbolism in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas
  6. 15. the opposite of the prologue
  7. 17. a polite expression, example: "eating for two"
Down
  1. 1. when two words are joined to make a new word, example: "brunch"
  2. 3. a technique to expose foolishness and corruption using humor & ridicule
  3. 4. a chaos of sounds
  4. 5. when one sense gets connected to another, example: John saw red when he got mad
  5. 8. an exaggeration, example: "I could eat a horse"
  6. 9. a double
  7. 11. comparing two things using "like" or "as"
  8. 12. a universally accepted opinion, example: platitudes
  9. 14. when a saying is overused and loses its novelty/humor
  10. 16. when a verb refers to two nouns, example: "John lost his coat and hat"
  11. 18. an idea or thing that repeats itself through a book or story