Poem Crossward Puzzle
Across
- 1. the meaning of the poem-the central idea. It is never directly stated
- 5. the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem
- 7. the alternation of stressed and unstressed sounds that make the words rise and fall
- 8. references to a person, place, thing or event that is commonly known as literature, history, politics, science, sports and the arts
- 12. when it says something is something else
- 14. sounds words/noise words wham!
- 15. the use of words to express something other than/or opposite of the literal meaning
Down
- 2. An over exaggeration: Im so hungry I could eat a horse
- 3. the feeling of a poem
- 4. has no regular rhythm or rhyme
- 6. a comparison of two unlikely things without using like or as
- 9. a comparison of two unlikely things using "like", "as" , or "resembles.
- 10. language that appeals to 5 senses, taste, touch, sight, sound
- 11. attitude of the speaker, not poet
- 13. words that rhyme exactly