Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 1. a character that is recognizable in many cultures
  2. 3. a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
  3. 8. the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
  4. 9. scheme, the pattern the end rhyme creates
  5. 11. how the writing makes the reader feel
  6. 13. when contradictory terms appear together
  7. 17. a mild expression substituted for one that is too harsh
  8. 18. fancy ELA term for 'story'
  9. 20. comparison using like or as
  10. 21. a group of lines in a poem
Down
  1. 2. a word or a phrase used as a nickname
  2. 4. repetition of identical sounds at the beginning of words
  3. 5. language that appeal to the five senses
  4. 6. a long narrative poem that recounts the stories of great heroes
  5. 7. describes an animal or object with human qualities
  6. 10. expresses the writer's attitude toward the story
  7. 12. exaggeration
  8. 14. comparison that does not use like or as
  9. 15. a repetition of similar sounds in final stressed syllables
  10. 16. reference to another person, place, event, literary work, etc.
  11. 19. the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry