This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 18 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
reference within a work of literature to something outside it
personal preferences or viewpoints that inhibit
an unusually striking comparision
word choice
imaginative comparison consisting of state or implied equivalence
descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions
poetic foot consisting of one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable
instruction in literature
regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
a narrative element that recurs in stories across cultures
pair of rhymed lines
give human characteristics to something not human
style of writing by Puritans
audible means for transferring knowledge
oral, public communication
stanza of six lines
asked, but not for an answer
comparison using "like" or "as"