AP Poetry Terms Crossword

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