This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 21 clues. Answers range from 4 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
reference to a well-known work
repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry
repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or ends of words
associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning
a pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a stanza
the dictionary meaning of a word
poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme
a figure of speech involving exaggeration
language which prompts the use of the senses to make comparisons
a comparison between between unlike things without using "like" or "as"
the measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a poem
the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
giving inanimate objects or abstract concepts human or living qualities
a four-line stanza in a poem
the matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words
the recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse
a figure of speech that compares unlike things using "like" or "as"
a division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form , either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter
the idea of a literary, the author's message
the attitude of the author toward the subject of a work