Across
- 5. A more polite way to express an offensive, derogatory, or inappropriate thing
- 6. The literal meaning of something
- 7. The main character in a plot and represents a story's direction
- 9. The continuation of a sentence onto the next line in a poem, connected by punctuation marks
- 10. A contradictory statement or idea in a sentence
- 13. A question asked for effect, not expectant of an answer
- 14. A word which represents a real-life sound
- 15. Comparing two things; form of figurative speech
Down
- 1. An exaggeration
- 2. The opposing character in a plot
- 3. (poetry) Intrusive punctuation to emphasise meaning
- 4. The same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words
- 8. Placing two words, usually nouns or adjectives, side by side to emphasise a poetic contrast
- 11. An alliterative 's' sound
- 12. Saying one thing is the other figuratively