Crossword Puzzle Literary DevicesOnline version This crossword puzzle will help demonstrate students' understanding of this month's literary devices. by Maria Marta Mossi 1 The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot. 2 The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. 3 A person or an animal in a story, play or other literary work. 4 A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing. 5 A clash between opposing characters or forces. 6 The time and place of a story, poem or play. 7 Fact of life revealed by the author through the work 2 3 4 6 5 7