Literary Devices

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Across
  1. 2. a comparison that does not use like or as
  2. 5. to the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea to represent something else
  3. 6. when an author describes a scene, thing, or idea so that it appeals to our senses (taste, smell, sight, touch, or hearing).
  4. 8. an interruption in a narrative that shows events that have already occurred
  5. 10. a combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning
  6. 11. an exaggeration, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Down
  1. 1. giving an object human like qualities
  2. 3. repetition of the beginning sounds in words
  3. 4. when an author indirectly hints at what’s to come later on in the story
  4. 7. a reference to a book, movie, TV show or historical event
  5. 9. a comparison that uses like or as