Literary Devices Like Spices Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• dialogue : words that characters speak aloud
• alliteration : repetition of initial consonant sounds in a row
• flashback : a plot device inserting a scene from the past
• personification : the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
• allusion : a reference to an historical event, person, other creative work, or place that the writer expects the reader to already know
• metaphor : a comparison of two things that have some quality in common
• description : the process by which a writer creates a picture in the readers' imagination
• irony : a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
• allegory : abstract ideas are described in terms of characters: fate was kind to me.
• symbol : a person, place, an object, or an action that stands for something beyond itself
• idiom : word or phrase that says one thing but means another. not literal. "it is raining cats and dogs"
• foreshadowing : providing hints of a future event
• onomatopoeia : the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning
• hyperbole : extreme overstating of an idea
• connotation : ideas and feelings associated with a word
• denotation : dictionary definition of a word
• dialect : a form of a language that is spoken in a certain place or by a certain class of people
• repetition : repeating the same words, phrase, or structure of words
• imagery : words and phrases that appeal to the readers' senses