Poetic Device Crossword

2. A direct comparison between two unlike things.
4. Reusing words or phrases for emphasis or effect.
5. A deliberate pause or break within a line of poetry.
8. Repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words, often used at line endings.
9. A comparison using “like” or “as.”
11. Words that imitate natural sounds.
13. Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words.
16. When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to the next without a pause.

1. Giving human qualities to non-human things.
3. Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis.
4. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a beat.
6. Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
7. Repetition of consonant sounds, often at the end or middle of words.
10. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or clauses.
12. Using an object, colour, or action to represent a deeper meaning.
14. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).
15. A grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.