Across
- 3. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
- 7. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
- 8. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
- 9. a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
- 12. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Down
- 1. the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system.
- 2. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
- 4. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
- 5. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- 6. the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity
- 10. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
- 11. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
