Across
- 3. Hope packed its bags and left town. (Personification)
- 4. A volcano in the chest, rumbling louder by the second. (Metaphor)
- 6. Like waking up and realizing the dream was never real. (Simile)
- 9. Like a match near gasoline — always ready to ignite a fight. (Simile)
- 11. The sky wore a warning like a heavy black coat. (Simile/Metaphor)
- 12. Fear tiptoed into the room and refused to leave. (Personification)
Down
- 1. Injustice rang the doorbell, and anger answered. (Personification)
- 2. Like a balloon with no string, drifting further from the ground. (Simile)
- 5. A shadow walked ahead of the storm — something bad was coming. (Personification)
- 7. Like a cat who didn’t get its dinner — ears back, mood sour. (Simile)
- 8. As empty as a playground in winter. (Simile)
- 10. The room was a battlefield, and every word a weapon. (Metaphor)