ELA Terms Crossword
Across
- 3. Basic dictionary definition of a word
- 5. A metrical foot that has two syllables, one unstressed, followed by one stressed
- 6. A single metrical line of poetry, or poetry in general
- 8. Poetry that is rhymed or unrhymed but has no fixed metrical pattern or expectation
- 10. Accent or emphasis given to each syllable
- 11. A grammatical pause or break in a line of poetry
- 12. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words
- 14. What a word suggests beyond its basic definition
Down
- 1. Used instead of sentences
- 2. Poetry that is written in an unrhymed format, most often in iambic pentameter
- 4. Repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
- 7. Measurement of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry
- 9. Different patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
- 10. Two or more lines of poetry that form one of the divisions of a poem
- 13. Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem