Across
- 3. story in which each aspect has a symbolic meaning
- 5. pretentious exaggeratedly learned language
- 7. repetition of initial consonant sounds
- 11. use of deliberately old-fashioned language
- 14. exaggeration or deliberate overstatement
- 16. a reference to another work or famous figure
- 17. a word's literal meaning
- 19. a comparison
- 21. the repeated use of consonant sounds within words
- 22. main idea of the overall work
- 24. the author’s choice of words (also known as syntax)
- 26. a word's implied or suggested meaning
Down
- 1. a phrase composed of opposites, a contradiction
- 2. when an object represents an idea
- 4. the repeated use of vowel sounds
- 6. using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds
- 8. when sounds blend harmoniously
- 9. a trait or characteristic
- 10. exposes common character flaws to the cold light of humor
- 12. when an inanimate object takes on human shape
- 13. when inanimate objects are given human characteristics
- 15. grating of incompatible sounds
- 18. a satire
- 20. a short narrative
- 23. stressed portion of a word (in poetry)
- 25. an insinuation that goes against the literal meaning of the words