ELA Vocabulary Crossword

1. an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or piece of literature
4. the ability to read and write
7. a universal idea, lesson, or message in a work of literature
10. words or phrases not meant to be taken literally, but used to create an image or effect in the mind of the reader
11. an appeal to emotions
14. a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point
16. something that stands for something else; represents something beyond literal meaning
17. the events, situations, or language surrounding a word or phrase that help explain its meaning
18. in a poem, a group of lines separated by a space
20. an appeal to the speaker's credibility and authority

2. a word that describes the sound it makes
3. a figure of speech that compares two unalike things using like or as
5. the reason or intent in writing (to persuade, inform, entertain)
6. the highest point of action in a story, when the conflict reaches its peak
8. an appeal to logic
9. figure of speech in which an nonhuman thing is given human form or qualities
12. the quality of being reliable, trustworthy, and fact-based
13. a figure of speech that compares to unalike things
15. the pattern of rhyme within a poem
19. the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words