Literary Devices: Figurative Language Crossword
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1) a statement with two parts which seem contradictory; examples: sad joy, a wise fool, the sound of silence, or Hamlet's saying, "I must be cruel only to be kind".2) treating abstractions or inanimate objects as human, that is, giving them human attributes, powers, or feelings, e.g., "nature wept" or "the wind whispered many truths to me."3) a direct address to a person, thing, or abstraction, such as "O Western Wind," or "Ah, Sorrow, you consume us."5) the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
6) a word whose sounds seem to duplicate the sounds they describe--hiss, buzz, bang, murmur, meow, growl; the use of a word which sounds like what it represents.8) a comparison of two dissimilar things which does not use "like" or "as," e.g., "my love is a red, red rose". A metaphor asserts that one thing is something that it literally is not9) the repetition of the same vowel sound in neighboring words12) a commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words13) a witticism that plays on the different meanings of a word or two words which sound alike but have different meanings |
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4) exaggeration, often extravagant; it may be used for serious or for comic effect7) the repetition of the same consonant sound in neighboring words (but not at the front – that's alliteration)10) an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics11) a comparison of two dissimilar things using "like" or "as", e.g., "my love is like a red, red rose" (Robert Burns). A simile likens one thing to another (usually achieved by the use of the word like or as)14) the repetition of the same initial letter in successive words for effect15) the use of agreeable or inoffensive words to replace rude or offensive ones |
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