Coach Smith's Poetic Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.
  2. 6. A reference to another work of literature, historical event, or famous person.
  3. 8. A combination of contradictory words.
  4. 9. The emotions or associations a word carries beyond its literal meaning.
  5. 13. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
  6. 14. A comparison using "like" or "as."
  7. 16. The literal dictionary definition of a word.
  8. 18. Giving human qualities to non-human things.
  9. 19. Extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Down
  1. 1. The perspective from which a poem is narrated.
  2. 3. A metaphor that continues throughout a poem or stanza.
  3. 4. The repetition of vowel sounds within words.
  4. 5. The use of objects or ideas to represent a deeper meaning.
  5. 7. The structure and style of a poem.
  6. 10. The attitude or emotion conveyed by the poem’s words.
  7. 11. The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.
  8. 12. The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
  9. 15. A direct comparison between two unlike things.
  10. 17. A phrase with a meaning different from its literal words.