Culler Poetry Terms Review

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Across
  1. 4. a figure of speech that brings together two contradictory (opposite) terms to create a new truth
  2. 6. a song-like, narrative poem
  3. 7. has no pattern or rhyme scheme, imitates natural speech
  4. 11. the repetition of vowel sounds in words close together
  5. 12. a figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses like, than, as, or resembles
  6. 17. the repetition of the initial (beginning) sound in words close together
  7. 18. when a writer assumes you know something from history or literature
  8. 19. the repetition of consonant sounds in words close together (not at the beginning of words)
  9. 20. the beat of a poem; the repetition of sound pattern
  10. 21. a humorous play on words
  11. 22. 17 syllable, unrhymed, Japanese poem, usually about nature
  12. 23. rhyming sounds within the same line
  13. 24. a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a unit (like a paragraph)
  14. 26. anything that stands for or represents something other than itself
Down
  1. 1. a direct comparison between two unlike things, without using like or as
  2. 2. the author's attitude toward their subject
  3. 3. an extreme exaggeration or overstatement
  4. 5. giving human characteristics to a non-human object/creature
  5. 8. words whose sounds suggest their meanings
  6. 9. a humorous, 5-lined poem that rhymes
  7. 10. the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
  8. 13. a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally; ex. It's raining cats and dogs.
  9. 14. sounds that are similar but not exactly the same
  10. 15. a group of four lines with a rhyme scheme
  11. 16. a pair of rhyming lines
  12. 23. appealing to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste
  13. 25. shows the author's personality and adds liveliness to writing