Literary Devices

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Across
  1. 3. the formation of a word by imitating the sound it makes
  2. 6. an object, animal, or abstract idea is given human qualities
  3. 8. an expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
  4. 10. the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
  5. 11. identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the ends of poems
Down
  1. 1. a figure of speech that compares two unlike things (without using “like” or “as”)
  2. 2. language phrases that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create special effect
  3. 4. the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in neighboring words
  4. 5. an extreme exaggeration or overstatement
  5. 7. language that appeals to the five senses; taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell
  6. 9. the comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”