Author's Craft - Poetic Devices

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Across
  1. 4. Tone and mood help give this and voice to a character or whole piece.
  2. 6. Using the same beginning letter or sound in repeated or nearby words.
  3. 7. Usually considered a symbol for American, patriotism, and freedom.
  4. 10. An exaggeration so dramatic that no one would believe its true.
  5. 12. A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense
  6. 14. A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
  7. 15. A widely accepted symbol for love and romance.
Down
  1. 1. The likely tone of a poem about a 6-year-olds birthday party at the carousel museum.
  2. 2. Giving lifelike characteristics to an object, animal, idea or action.
  3. 3. An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its elements.
  4. 5. Language appealing to one or more of the five senses, helping the reader more clearly imagine the words.
  5. 6. A figure of speech making reference to a well-known person, event, place or piece of literature
  6. 8. An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
  7. 9. A direct comparison between two unlike things, calling one of them the other.
  8. 11. The possible mood of a poem set in a dark, rainy forest.
  9. 13. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words to reinforce the meaning of words, often used to set the mood.