Word Wall Crossword

This process as a method of studying the nature of something.
A statement, reason, or fact for or against a point.
The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but is actually valid or true.
A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.
An expression that is not interpreted literally
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Signify ideas and qualities by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
A literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.
Literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions
Giving something nonhuman human capabilities.
A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
Able to be trusted.
Someone or something from which you obtain information.
The main idea, opinion, or theory of a speaker or writer, who then attempts to prove it.
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
Literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.
a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future.
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.