Across
- 2. type of text structure that provides details or characteristics of something
- 4. comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
- 7. type of text structure that outlines chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure
- 9. exaggerated statement or claim
- 11. a descriptive five-line poem that describes one object (a noun)
- 12. repetition of the beginning sound of several words in a sentence/phrase
- 13. "life writing"
- 14. type of text structure that gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions
- 16. type of text structure that describes an event and the effects that follow
- 17. a word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing
- 18. word or phrase that is not to be taken literally
- 20. writing that is not to be taken literally, used to make writing more descriptive and entertaining
Down
- 1. a poem that does not follow any rhyme or meter restrictions and sounds like a conversation
- 3. type of text structure that talks about similarities and differences between people, places, things, etc.
- 5. a humorous, funny poem that is 5 lines and follows the rhyming pattern AABBA
- 6. comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
- 8. giving human characteristics to non-human things
- 10. a poem that is 4 lines and follows the rhyming scheme AABB
- 15. type of literature that uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions, or a story with the reader
- 19. a traditional Japanese poem consisting of 3 lines following a 5 7 5 syllable pattern