ELA 9 Figurative Language & Poetry

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Across
  1. 2. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject
  2. 3. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
  3. 6. Pleasant or nice words that take the place of direct language, usually to be more polite or discreet
  4. 8. A way of comparing two things by stating that one thing is the other
  5. 10. Exaggerated statements that should not be taken literally
  6. 12. A combination of contradictory words
  7. 14. A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together
  8. 16. Words that mimic a sound
Down
  1. 1. Giving human traits to non-human objects/animals
  2. 4. Repetition of first sounds of words
  3. 5. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse
  4. 7. A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
  5. 9. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
  6. 11. A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
  7. 13. A short, unrhymed Japanese poem that is made up of three lines and 17 syllables. The syllables are usually arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.
  8. 15. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes