Poetic Devices Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 44 clues. Answers range from 3 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Description

a short moral story
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
Repetition of consonant sounds
continuation from one line of verse into the next line
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses
Comparison of two unlike things
correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
a characteristic state of feeling
the distinctive property of a complex sound
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
the act of providing vague advance indications
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
extravagant exaggeration
incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
not literal
substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing
Speaking to someone or something that is not present
someone who tells a story
someone who expresses in language
using words that imitate the sound they denote
Events to a narrative
a mental position from which things are perceived
the principal character in a work of fiction
someone who offers opposition
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
the physical position of something
Comparison using like or as
using part of something to refer to the whole thing
something visible that represents something invisible
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
passing reference or indirect mention
attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
the act of doing or performing again
conjoining contradictory terms
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
an idea that is implied or suggested
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
a humorous play on words
a statement that contradicts itself
The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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