Across
- 2. comparative of two concepts with a connecting word.
- 4. words that sound like the thing they describe like poof, ding dong, tick-tock.
- 5. is a play on words, it exploits the different meanings of a word or it’s homonyms (usually humorous).
- 6. is an extravagant exaggeration in terms.
- 7. is when a text references another external text (or person, place, or thing).
- 10. this is a metaphor without directly linking.
- 11. is phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across.
- 12. communicate the writer’s message as clearly as possible
Down
- 1. is non-literal turns of phrases so common that most people know what they mean.
- 3. very much like a simile with out the connection word.
- 5. giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects.
- 8. is a sound device that layers some additional meaning on top of the literal language, a series of words that start with the same letter.
- 9. is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.