Grammar and Figurative Language Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Beginnings of words sound the same - often use the same letter
  2. 4. giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
  3. 8. it provides information that further identifies or defines a noun
  4. 10. the noun the pronoun will stand in for
  5. 12. not a full sentence
  6. 15. a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship
  7. 18. extreme exaggeration
  8. 19. sounds the same as another word with a different meaning
  9. 22. person, place, or thing
  10. 23. represents intangible ideas—things you can't perceive with the five main senses. Such as time, beauty
  11. 25. two or more independent clauses are connected improperly
  12. 30. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word
  13. 31. starts with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition
  14. 32. sentence: asks a question
  15. 33. the basic form of a verb
  16. 35. a shortened version of a word or phrase
  17. 36. modify a noun
  18. 40. often a name
  19. 42. modifies a verb for place (here)
  20. 43. not literal expression that is not predictable from the arrangement of the words
  21. 44. shows belonging
  22. 45. used for combining words
  23. 46. modifies a verb for manner (peacefully) - most common,
  24. 48. connects two phrases
  25. 49. writing that appeals to the five senses
  26. 50. shows excitement
Down
  1. 1. the use of symbols to represent ideas
  2. 2. more than one noun
  3. 5. shows if a noun is specific or general (a, an, the)
  4. 6. main noun of the sentence
  5. 7. makes a statement
  6. 9. word meaning the opposite of another word
  7. 11. uses an exclamation mark
  8. 13. exceptions to the usual tense pattern
  9. 14. modifies a verb for time (now)
  10. 16. stand in for a noun
  11. 17. describes an action (not passive)
  12. 20. shows direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or introduces an object among nouns
  13. 21. word two words used together to create new word
  14. 24. small groups of words standing together a conceptual unit (not a full sentence)
  15. 26. same or similar meaning
  16. 27. a sentence with more than one subject or predicate
  17. 28. gives a command
  18. 29. used with the main verb and helps explain the verb’s tone, mood, or voice (am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be. To Have: has, have, had, having, will have)
  19. 34. a verbal form used as an adjective; think of “ing” or “ed” verb
  20. 37. of a sentence
  21. 38. sounds like…the word sounds like what it is associated with
  22. 39. comparison of two unlike things
  23. 41. a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual
  24. 47. comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”