Figurative Language in Poetry Crossword

I have told you a million times to only knock once.
The dog grinned as I put food in his bowl.
She was a real bear in the morning.
I leaped over the broom like a horse jumping hurdles.
The bat bashed it head into the basement door as it bent to go bye.
Though he was no Kim Jong-un, he still ran his classroom like a tyrant.
We set the pace/as we ran the race (last words)
The green leaves swayed in the breeze as if they were waving goodbye slowly.
The words an author uses to express their feelings.
Creating a specific number of syllables per line in a stanza.
The broom fell with a smack! (last word)
It is raining cats and dogs outside.