Poetic Devices

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Across
  1. 2. When a writer appeals to a reader's senses by using descriptive and figurative language. This can include the sense of taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound.
  2. 6. The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence.
  3. 8. When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
  4. 9. Used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.
  5. 10. A pair of lines in a poem that end in rhymed words
Down
  1. 1. When you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.
  2. 3. A reference or mention of person, event, statement, piece of art, history, myths, religion, or popular culture. The reference is usually indirect within the writing
  3. 4. A phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar.
  4. 5. A word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound.
  5. 7. The ordinary form of the written (or spoken) language. It is not poetry. It does not use any special format such as lists or tables.