Figurative Language Review Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• context : the events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning
• figure of speech : a word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect
• personification : a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities
• metaphor : a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as
• figurative language : expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
• simile : a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things