Across
- 2. It has a face and two hands but no arms or legs.
- 4. I'm full of holes, but I still hold water.
- 6. "Birds with busy beaks built nests above the bees" contains what literary device?
- 9. A rhyme contained within the lines of poem is called an _____________ rhyme.
- 10. The "hero" of a story.
- 12. Literary works are often divided into poetry, and _____________ (which lacks the structure and rhythm of poetry)
- 15. A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
- 16. A literary device in which an author gives hints about what is to come in the story
- 18. A word's approximate opposite.
- 21. The "villain" of a story.
- 25. The pattern of rhymes (e.g. ABABB) is called a rhyme ____________.
- 26. Extreme exaggeration for effect (humor, or vividness)
- 27. I have a thumb and four fingers, but I'm not alive.
- 28. Something you can break without touching or seeing it.
- 29. A section of a novel is called a ______________.
Down
- 1. A reference to something outside the text that isn't mentioned or explained explicitly ("Cute animals are his Achilles' heel")
- 3. A five-letter word that becomes shorter when you add two letters to it.
- 5. "The sun smiled down at me" is an example of what literary device?
- 7. "Her mind is a labyrinth" is an example of what literary device?
- 8. A recurring pattern of characters, symbols, or situations found in many cultures or stories
- 11. It gets wetter as it dries.
- 13. Two words having roughly the same meaning are called _______________.
- 14. If you give it water, it will die.
- 17. Rich people don't have me, but poor people may. If you eat me I will die.
- 19. "Cat" and "hat" _______________.
- 20. A story told in the first person about an experience is called a personal _______________.
- 22. The overall effect or attitude expressed in writing (informal, solemn, playful, ironic, etc.)
- 23. A style of writing or film is called a ____________.
- 24. A unit of lines in a poem that are grouped together (and often separated from others by a line break)
- 29. No wings, but I fly. No eyes, but I cry.