Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. comparison using like or as
  2. 6. the most important point in a text
  3. 7. to convince the reader
  4. 9. extreme exaggeration
  5. 11. words around an unknown word that help define it
  6. 12. repetition of beginning sounds in words
  7. 15. conclusion based on clues and prior knowledge
  8. 16. feeling the reader gets from a text
  9. 17. lesson or message of a story
  10. 18. to teach or explain
Down
  1. 1. text details that support an answer
  2. 3. comparison saying one thing is another
  3. 4. to amuse the reader
  4. 5. language that appeals to the five senses
  5. 7. giving human traits to nonhuman things
  6. 8. events in order
  7. 10. briefly tell the most important parts
  8. 13. author’s attitude toward the subject
  9. 14. phrase with a meaning different from its literal words