Crossword Puzzle Literary Devices

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Across
  1. 2. Is a statement that appears self contradictory but reveals a kind of truth.
  2. 4. Is the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
  3. 8. Is a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things using one of the following words: like, as, than, or resembles.
  4. 10. Is a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to show something that happened at an earlier time.
  5. 13. Uses an incredible exaggeration, or an over statement, for effect.
  6. 14. Is the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together.
  7. 16. Is a pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.
  8. 17. Is a partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only.
  9. 19. Is a rhyme that occurs at the end of two lines.
  10. 21. Is a song or a poem that tells a story.
  11. 22. Is a writer's attitude toward the subject and audience.
  12. 23. Is the choice or use of words in speech or writing.
  13. 24. Is the discrepancy between appearances and reality; when the unexpected happens.
  14. 25. Is a figure of speech that combines the opposites or contradictory terms in a sentence.
Down
  1. 1. Is the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers. It is created through the Use of plot, characters, and the author's descriptions, etc.
  2. 3. Is a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature Religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture.
  3. 5. Is the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
  4. 6. Occurs within a line of poetry.
  5. 7. Is a word or phrase that describes one thing in term of something else and that isn't meant to be taken literally.
  6. 9. Is the language to evoke a picture, image, or a concrete visual of a person, a thing, a place.
  7. 11. Is when an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
  8. 12. Is the presentation in a work of literature which provides hints, or Clues that tip the reader off as to what is to come later in the work.
  9. 15. Is a person, place, thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself.
  10. 18. Is the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.
  11. 20. Makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words