Across
- 3. words that are used to help describe or give description to people, places, and things.
- 4. the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
- 8. one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling
- 10. words that name a person, place, thing, or idea. (e.g.,restaurant)
- 12. use the words 'like' or 'as' to compare things—“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
- 13. a repetition of vowel sounds
- 14. word combinations that have a different figurative meaning than the literal meanings of each word or phrase.
Down
- 1. words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun to something else in the sentence (above, below, next)
- 2. directly state a comparison—“Love is a battlefield.”
- 3. a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly)
- 5. words that have contrasting, or opposite, meanings
- 6. words that have similar or nearly the same meaning.
- 7. the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
- 9. a specific type of noun that names a particular person, place, or thing. It is capitalized in English. (e.g., Andria's Fish House)
- 11. words that show an action