Across
- 1. The sound something makes is reproduced as a written word. We use onomatopoeia a lot.
- 5. A quick reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event. Allusions can be historical or current.
- 8. When an idea, animal, or natural feature is given human characteristics or traits.
- 9. The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words. The letters don’t need to be the same, but they have to produce the same sound. For example, “oo” and “ou” can produce the same sound, depending on the words.
- 11. Using exaggeration to highlight or make a point of something, like a description or a feeling.
- 12. A common phrase or expression in which the meaning of the phrase is completely different from the literal meaning of the phrase.
- 13. When writers use words that appeal to some of the human senses – sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound. It often paints vivid pictures in the reader’s mind.
Down
- 2. An indirect comparison between two things without using like or as. These items might not seem like they have anything in common, but they actually do.
- 3. A play on words. Puns often use homophones or similar-sounding words with different meanings to produce a fun phrase.
- 4. The repetition of an initial consonant sound in a series of words. This means that the first letter of the word cannot be a vowel, and the same consonant needs to be used repeatedly, although they don’t necessarily have to be one right after the other.
- 6. An expression where two opposite or contradictory terms appear together.
- 7. A direct comparison between two things. It must contain the words “like” or “as”. Similes show the similarities between two things. They must include one of the two keywords.
- 10. When a physical symbol is used to represent an abstract concept, feeling, or quality.