Across
- 2. something that represents/stands for something else
- 8. repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of a word
- 9. hideous, deformed
- 11. pompous
- 12. attributing human attributes to inhuman objects
- 13. repetition of consonant sounds at the start of a word
- 14. repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of a word
- 20. serving as illustration
- 21. folksy, homey, native, rustic
- 22. play on words
- 23. vernacular
- 24. peculiar
Down
- 1. a direct comparison of unlike things using like or as
- 3. writing sounds as words
- 4. word exchanged for another closely associated with it
- 5. represents something as less than it is
- 6. false
- 7. comparing two things that have at least one thing in common
- 10. a deliberate exaggeration for effect
- 15. understood by a chosen few
- 16. use or words seemingly in contradiction to each other
- 17. insincere
- 18. vocabulary for a profession
- 19. a direct comparison of unlike things
