Language Techniques Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 10 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
Imagery - The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
Imagery - Overstatement or exaggeration
Imagery - Conjoining contradictory terms or ideas
Imagery - Contradictory statement that contains some truth
imagery - Play on words, double meaning
A mild term substituted for a harsh one to disguise the harshness
A reference in a literary work to a person, place or thing in history or another work of literature - readers are assumed to know what it means
Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words
Creates relationship based on parallels or connections between two ideas
One thing represents something else, draws attention to the part instead of the whole
