"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"

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Across
  1. 2. a figurative comparison of two unlike things not using like or as
  2. 7. softened or muffled
  3. 8. the story takes place right before this Civil War battle in 1862
  4. 9. the drummer boy is the beating this of the army
  5. 15. Joby compares these to eyes
  6. 17. a commander of an army
  7. 18. descriptive language that re-creates sensory experiences for the reader
  8. 20. firm or determined
  9. 22. the blossoms that fall on the drum
  10. 23. a syrup mentioned in a simile about being slow
Down
  1. 1. what Joby compares himself and his drum to
  2. 3. the main idea that the story communicates, lessons about life or human nature
  3. 4. a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature
  4. 5. lawfully or by the rules
  5. 6. the side that won the battle
  6. 8. deeply serious
  7. 10. a figurative comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
  8. 11. plays the instrument that conveys information during the battle
  9. 12. a famous poet the General makes and allusion to
  10. 13. the time and place in which an action occurs
  11. 14. a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself
  12. 16. spread here and there, or scattered
  13. 19. off center
  14. 21. one thing the general smells like
  15. 24. an ingredient in gunpowder