This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 12 clues. Answers range from 5 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Where two things are said to be the same.
Where the writer compares 2 things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Attirbuting human qualities or features to something non-human
the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
he continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true )
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Similar sounds between words or the endings of words
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a series of words. Eg. “Billy Brennan’s Barn”
Words whose sound imitates their meaning. eg. “buzz, tinkle, rattle, stutter, whisper, bang”
The repetition of similar vowel sounds
A specific type of alliteration that relies on the repetition of soft consonant sounds in words to create a wooshing or hissing sound in the writing.