This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A group of letters added to the beginning of a root word to change the meaning
A short statement that gives the main ideas of something that has been said or written
What the reader can figure out about the story using context clues.
A made-up story
A true story about a person's life
A comparison of two things using like or as
A comparison of two things WITHOUT using like or as
The reason the writer wrote something
This is another way to say "tell"
A story, or description of events
A fiction story that could NOT happen in real life
A story passed down from generation to generation
One line of poetry
A group of lines that look much like a paragraph
The moral of a story
The specific style of writing is the story's...
Pictures, maps, captions, graphic organizers...anything provided except the text
To come to a final decision based on facts
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word
The order of something