Literary Terms

12345678910
Across
  1. 2. the idea that things represent other things; for example, a red rose standing for love
  2. 3. descriptive language that appeals to the five senses
  3. 5. comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
  4. 7. words next to each other that are opposites, like "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence"
  5. 8. exaggeration, usually for comic effect
  6. 10. when an author hints at something that will happen later
Down
  1. 1. words next to each other that start with the same consonant sound, like "Susie slurps soup."
  2. 4. comparing two things using "like" or "as"
  3. 6. a word that imitates the sound it describes, like "boom" or "bang"
  4. 9. giving human characteristics to non-human things