A Focus on Poetry

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Across
  1. 3. An exaggeration, meant to emphasize something
  2. 6. A reference to a well-known or famous person, place, or thing
  3. 11. Giving human qualities to something non-living
  4. 14. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words
  5. 15. The message or truth that the poet is trying to share with the reader
  6. 16. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
  7. 17. Punctuation that is used to set aside an explanation to something mentioned in the same line or lines of poetry
  8. 18. The type of verse organized by rhyme instead of a set number of lines or meter
Down
  1. 1. A literary device used when two words end in similar sounds
  2. 2. Do I have to say it again?
  3. 4. Descriptive language meant to appeal to the senses
  4. 5. A phrase that does not mean what it literally says and has a specific meaning in a particular language
  5. 7. A way of organizing lines of poetry into sets or groups
  6. 8. This type of language is not literal, but is instead meant to describe and represent deeper meaning
  7. 9. A comparison between two things using like or as
  8. 10. The type of verse organized by meter instead of rhyme
  9. 12. The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity; does not need to be at the beginning
  10. 13. A comparison between two things that is literal