The Giver: Figurative Language Review

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Across
  1. 1. An extreme exaggeration. Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
  2. 3. A reference to a commonly known piece of art or literature that readers would recognize. Ex: The girl left prom with only one shoe, just like Cinderella.
  3. 6. It means to start a story or piece of writing in the middle of things.
  4. 8. A comparison of two unlike objects without the words "like" or "as."
  5. 9. The perspective from which a story is told. There are different kinds like first person and third person.
  6. 11. A repeated symbol or image that shows up repeeatedly during a story.
  7. 13. A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as."
  8. 14. Emotion that the writer makes the reader feel while reading.
  9. 18. Words that sound like their sound. Ex: BOOM! ZING!
  10. 19. An object that represents a bigger idea. Ex: The color red can mean anger, love, or hate.
  11. 20. A series of words in a row that have the same starting sound. Ex: Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper.
  12. 21. A short story within a story.
Down
  1. 2. The beginning of the story where setting, characters, and conflict are introduced.
  2. 4. Descriptive writing that appeals to a reader's senses.
  3. 5. Two words put together that are opposites but somehow make sense. Ex: jumbo shrimp
  4. 7. A kinder or more polite way of saying something. Ex: saying someone was "let go" instead of "fired."
  5. 10. When the story goes back to a earlier time period to tell something that happened in the past.
  6. 12. Sayings that don't mean exactly what they are saying. Ex: I am feeling under the weather.
  7. 15. The type of irony where the audience knows something that the characters don't know.
  8. 16. Giving human-like traits to inanimate objects.
  9. 17. An implied meaning or association with a certain word. Ex: The word "stare" has a negative connotation, while "gaze" has a positive connotation.