Literary device Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle has 34 clues. Answers range from 3 to 24 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Description

To make pointed comparison
To make a pointed comparison
Simile
Hyperbole
To spark the audiences imagination
To call attention to extremes
To illustrate an idea
To create a memorable phrase
To create a memorable phrase
To create a memorable, powerful effect
To reinforce an idea
To communicate an attitude towards a subject
A subject that cuts beyonds the attitude that appears on the surface
To create a sense of overwhelming force or magnitude
To disarm the audience
To ridicule and inspire reform
To ridicule or criticize
Chastise or convey contempt
To provoke the reader to respond in a particular way
To draw attention to something while pretending not to do so
A contrast of two terms or ideas
Allows you to call attention to empathize and expand a word
Used for effect
Engages the readers mind
Strong method of engaging
Allows the writer to substitute a word for more effect
Focus and emphasis towards the argument
A contrast of two terms or ideas
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning
the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming
substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman,

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