Advanced Figurative Language Review Choice Crossword

contrast of ideas expressed by parallelism
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement expressed by negating opposite expressions
makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share common characteristics
substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
two words put together that are inherently contradictory
extended metaphor; statement that appears to be silly or self contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth
giving human qualities to non-human things (objects, animals, ideas, etc.)
when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn’t exist as if it’s a living person; produces a dramatic effect and shows importance of object or idea; often uses “O
witty understatement that belittles or dismisses something or somebody, particularly by making use of terms that gives impressions that something is less serious than it is or it should be
figure of speech that makes a direct comparison, showing similarities between two different things using “like” or “as”
literary device in which a part represents a whole or vice versa, or larger groups represent smaller groups and vice versa. it may also call a thing by the name of its material or packaging