AP Poetry Terms Crossword
Across
- 3. A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with “like,” “as,” or “than.”
- 5. A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms, e.g., “bright smoke,” “cold fire.”
- 6. The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.
- 7. The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words.
- 8. The structure of a sentence.
- 11. Poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical.
- 12. Songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination.
- 13. The techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry.
- 14. Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present.
- 16. A two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.
- 18. The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning. The result of figurative language, diction, style, etc.
Down
- 1. Word choice.
- 2. The visual, auditory, or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work or the images that figurative language evokes.
- 3. Usually a repeated grouping of three or more line with the same meter and rhyme scheme.
- 4. Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
- 5. The use of words whose sound suggests their meaning.
- 9. A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.
- 10. Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement. As a rule, hyperbole is self-conscious, without the intention of being accepted literally.
- 15. A figurative use of language which endows the non-human (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics.
- 17. A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like “as,” “like,” or “than.”