Across
- 1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 6. repeating the same beginning sound in a series of words
- 7. comparison of two unlike things using like or as
- 8. a common, often used saying that does not make sense if you take it literally
- 9. to hold up, to brace; to help during times of trouble; to provide evidence for
- 10. an influential, wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, scholar, or aristocrat
- 11. the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Down
- 2. a group of nations or peoples under one ruler or government
- 3. a philosophy that focused on interest in the classical world and which focused on what it is to be human rather than religion
- 4. one who studies the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters
- 5. the period in Europe from the 14th to the 17th centuries during which art, literature, and philosophy flourished