Poetic Devices
Across
- 1. when the vowel sounds of successive words sound the same
- 2. the order of your words
- 6. when words or phrases are used multiple times for effect
- 10. emotional appeal
- 12. when a word is formed based on a sound
- 13. when the wrong word is intentionally used
- 15. rearranging a phrase to reveal a deeper meaning
- 17. upending expectation
- 20. a question not intended to be answered
- 22. intentional exaggeration
- 24. attributing a non-human thing with human characteristics
- 26. when a related word is used to function as a substitute for another
Down
- 1. when the beginning of successive words use the same consonant
- 2. using humor or exaggeration to point out a flaw
- 3. talking to a nonhuman thing as if it could respond
- 4. comparing two things directly
- 5. when one thing represents another
- 7. representing nature
- 8. appealing to logic
- 9. overly instructional/speaking from great authority
- 11. comparing two things
- 14. a word picture
- 16. comparing two things using "like" or "as"
- 18. appealing to morality
- 19. making a reference to something well-known
- 21. when one part is used to represent the whole of something
- 23. when repetition is used at the beginning of successive phrases
- 25. when the end sound of words are the same