Reading Strategies and Literary Devices
Across
- 1. Telling how two things are different. (e.g. "Dogs need to go for walks, but cats don’t.")
- 3. Saying one thing is another to show a similarity. (e.g. "Time is a thief that steals our moments.")
- 5. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things. (e.g. "The wind whispered through the trees.")
- 7. A chart that shows how things are alike and different. (e.g. "The Venn diagram showed what dogs and cats have in common.")
- 8. Telling how two things are the same. (e.g. "Cats and dogs are both pets.")
Down
- 2. Using an object or action to stand for something else. (e.g. "A red rose represents love.")
- 4. Comparing two things using "like" or "as." (e.g. "Her smile was as bright as the sun.")
- 6. Using words to create a picture in the reader’s mind. (e.g. "The crunchy autumn leaves rustled under my boots.")