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Across 3. the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables 6. words that are not meant to be taken literally, but get an idea across (It's raining cats and dogs.) 7. making pictures with words in poetry 8. a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as 10. writer's reason for writng poem or song 11. extravagant exaggeration 13. the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound of it 15. a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern or meter and rhyme 18. using something to represent something else; idea or thing

Down 1. a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true 2. giving human characteristics to nonhuman things 4. words in a song 5. comparing two unlike things directly 9. the pattern of the poem's words at the end of lines 12. words that go together often to tell a story; does not have to rhyme 14. an implied or indirect reference especially in literature 16. style or manner of expression in speaking or writing 17. a subject or topic of a piece of literature