Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
  2. 3. expresses the writer's attitude toward the story
  3. 6. describes an animal or object with human qualities
  4. 14. a word or a phrase used as a nickname
  5. 15. when contradictory terms appear together
  6. 16. exaggeration
  7. 17. how the writing makes the reader feel
  8. 18. reference to another person, place, event, literary work, etc.
  9. 20. a character that is recognizable in many cultures
  10. 21. a mild expression substituted for one that is too harsh
Down
  1. 1. the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
  2. 4. a long, narrative poem that recounts the stories of great heroes
  3. 5. Language, words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
  4. 7. comparison using like or as
  5. 8. repetition of identical sounds at the beginning of words
  6. 9. a repetition of similar sounds in final stressed syllables
  7. 10. comparison that does not use like or as
  8. 11. a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
  9. 12. a group of lines in a poem
  10. 13. Scheme, the pattern the end rhyme creates
  11. 19. Fancy ELA term for 'story'