This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Happens when words that begin with the same sound are placed close to one another.
Are phrases or expressions that are used so much in everyday life
The suggestive meaning of a word-the associations it brings up
The literal,straightforward meaning of a word
Is a poetic style that lacks a regular meter or rhyme scheme
A poetic form invented by the Japanese
Is a gross exaggeration
Is intense,descriptive language in a poem that helps to trigger our senses and our memories when we read it
Involves saying one thing while really meaning another,contradictory thing
Happens when one thing is described as being another thing (doesn't use "like or as"
Refers either to words that resemble in sound what they represent
Involves giving human traits (qualities,feelings,action,or characteristics)to non-living objects (things,color,qualities,or ideas)
Is a pair of verses that rhyme
Compare one thing directly to another(uses"like or as"
A division within a poem where a group of lines are formed into a unit