Across
- 9. a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses
- 12. a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
- 13. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
- 14. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 15. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation
- 16. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
- 18. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
- 21. the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
- 22. the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning
- 26. the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition
- 28. a figure of speech in which a part is made onomatopoeia to represent the whole or vice versa the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
- 31. ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
- 33. a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result
- 35. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
- 37. an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
- 38. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
- 39. a poetic phrase or speech made by a character that is addressed to a subject that is not literally present in the literary work
Down
- 1. a rhetorical device that describes or associates one sense in terms of another, most often in the form of a simile
- 2. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
- 3. the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues
- 4. a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
- 5. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
- 6. the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style
- 7. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 8. a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
- 10. a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase
- 11. the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
- 17. the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
- 19. make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
- 20. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
- 23. a sudden moment of understanding that causes a character to change or to act in a certain way
- 24. a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory
- 25. the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
- 27. a list or series of words, phrases, or clauses that is connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction
- 29. a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form
- 30. a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
- 32. a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died
- 34. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
- 36. a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other