This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 25 clues. Answers range from 3 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
sequential repitition of a similar initial spund, usually applied to consonants "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid using like or as
the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter and meaning
An adjective of trochee is a metrical foot composed of two syllables; stressed followed by an unstressed syllable
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way
the person telling the story, and it determines the point of view that the audience will experience
a form of lyric poetry that is expressing emotion and is usually addressed to someone or something
A literary device that can be defined as a brief story with a moral lesson
a literary device that can be defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction
A figure of speech that employs an understatement by using double negatives
A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect
a contrast or incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality
a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem
The deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentence
a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme
A character or a group of characters who are oppose the protagonist
A literary device used to discover the thoughts of a character
A character’s action, decision and choices represent their
Comparing two items with out using like it as
a literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables, followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem
A literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllable
a literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock, often with satirical or ironic remarks, with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone, or some section of society, simultaneously.
a story, poem, or picture, it's used to reveal a hidden meaning or message, like the moral.