Literacy Devices Building Blocks Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: onomatopoeia : the use or creation of a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes, symbolism : the use of symbols in literature, films or art etc. to represent ideas or states of mind to convey deeper meanings, metaphor : a figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else, assonance : the similarity in sound between two syllables that are close together created by the same vowels but different consonants, foreshadowing : a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. it often appears at the beginning of a story, consonance : the repetition of the same consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words, simile : a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as", oxymoron : a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction, imagery : descriptive language that engages the human senses, sibilance : a specific type of consonance that uses the s or z sound, irony : a figure of speech in which words are used to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. it can also refer to a situation where there is an incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs, adjectives : a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase, metonymy : a figure of speech in which an object or concept is referred to not by its own name but instead by the name of something closely associated with it, adverb : a word or expression that modifies a verb, adjective, determiner, clause, preposition oir sentence, hyperbole : a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger and better (exaggerating), anaphora : a figure of speech which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases or sentences