This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 25 clues. Answers range from 4 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The central idea of a story
An extreme exaggeration
Saying one thing is another
Repetition of initial sounds.
Attitude or approach that the author takes toward the central theme or subject.
Giving human qualities to a non-human.
A short story conveying a moral.
Recurring identical or similar final word sounds.
Repetition of final consonant sounds.
A reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.
The feeling or atmosphere of the story.
A group of lines forming a verse.
Literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
Repetition of vowel sounds
A category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Sounds that show the meaning.
Using like or as to compare two unlike things.
Repeating sounds or words.
A traditional or legendary story that is not true.
A fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm.
Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people.
Language that appeals to the senses.
The repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
A lesson learned from a story.
Doesn't mean what the literal words say.