This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 11 clues. Answers range from 6 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
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
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction .
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity.
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.