Across
- 3. Saying the opposite of what is meant
- 8. A pause or break in a line of poetry
- 9. When what happens is different from what is expected to happen
- 12. A writer or character addressing a person, an idea, or something which cannot respond
- 13. A verbal crisscrossing in which the order of words in the first clause of a sentence is inverted in the second.
- 14. An expression that has lost its freshness because of too much repetition
- 16. Persons, objects, or events placed in the wrong time period
- 18. Harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds
- 19. A comparison between two things to show how they are alike
- 21. A word or compound word substituted as a synonym for a noun
- 22. Exaggeration used for effect or for humor
- 24. A comparison between two unlike things using words like, as, than, seems, or resembles
- 25. A shocking comparison between two dissimilar things; usually a metaphor or a simile
Down
- 1. A combination of words which are apparently contradictory
- 2. Giving human traits to something non-human
- 4. Repetition of the same word(s) or phrase throughtout all or part of a work for emphasis
- 5. A statement that says less than is meant; deliberately down-playing something for the purpose of emphasis, humor, or irony
- 6. A statement which seems contradictory but is actually true
- 7. Repetition of constant sounds
- 10. Words which suggest or sound like ther meanings
- 11. The repetition of similar vowel sounds
- 15. Use of a part to represent the whole; some sources consider it synonymous and metonymy
- 17. A list
- 20. A reference to history or literature, including the Bible and mythology
- 23. Pleasing sounds; opposite of cacophony