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Across 5. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly 6. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect 9. an account of someone's life written by someone else 12. a tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements 13. a manner of expression in writing 15. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction 18. repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words 19. special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand 20. the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is 21. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices 25. a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. two undesirable ones 26. a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one found in ordinary or familiar conversation 28. the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant 31. a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral 32. the action of repeating something that has already been said or written 34. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named 36. a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing 38. the state of being strikingly different from something else 39. the subject of a talk, piece of writing, or an exhibition 40. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable 42. a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person 43. visually descriptive or figurative language

Down 1. a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson 2. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas 3. a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story 4. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive 7. a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought 8. the recurrence of similar sounds, esp. consonants, in close proximity 10. knowing everything 11. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally 14. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes 16. a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next (2 words) 17. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman 22. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one 23. an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) 24. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words 27. a serious disagreement or argument 29. the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernable 30. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing 33. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word 35. a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification 37. the place or type of surroundings where an event takes place 41. a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject