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 person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else (love is the antithesis of hate)
Exaggerated statement ( I could eat a horse)
Understatement by using double negatives (shes not ugly)
Comparing two related thongs with different characteristics ( she was a candle in the dark)
A understatement that makes something big sound sound minor (I just got stage 4 cancer. Its nothing big)
Talking to something that is not a living human
Substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
Combination of opposite words
A statement that is self-contradictory but may be partially true
Giving something non-human human quality
Comparsion showing two different thing with similar qualities using like or as
When a part of somethung being called the whole ( coke being called soda
