Advanced Figurative Language Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 12 clues. Answers range from 6 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
A contrast or opposition between two things
Exaggerated statements or claims not mean to to be taken literally
When a character in a literary works speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn’t exist as a living person
Employs an understatement by using double negatives
Makes an implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated
Shows a comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
A witty understatement that belittles ir dismisses something or somebody, particularly by making use of terms that gives impression that something is less important than it is or it should be
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunction for that of the thing meant
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth
Giving a non human object human traits
A literary device in which something represents the whole
