This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediatley provides an answer to that question .
Device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same.
Figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
Contrasting concepts , words , or sentences within parallel grammarical structures .
Omission of a word or series of words.
Attitude of writer
Word choice
Arrangement of words into a sentence, paragraph or stanza.
Any sentence in which the normal word order is reversed.
Placement of two things side by side, to compare or contrast.
Statement that contradicts itself .
Common feeling or association that a word has.
Grammatical structure that inverts a previous phrase.
Repetition of accented consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to each other .
A reference in literature or in art to previous literature,history,mythology,pop culture ,or Bible.
The word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.
The opposite of parallel construction; inerting the second of two that would otherwise be in parallel form.
Used phrase or word is considered old fashioned and outdated.
Stylistic device that intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrase and in the sentence .
Comparison using like or as.