Poetic Terms Crossword
Across
- 1. Part of a story which gives information about the characters and their situation before the action begins to change them
- 4. The repetition of a constant sound within words
- 6. The actual speech of characters in a story, usually punctuated by quotation marks
- 7. The repetition of vowel sounds within words
- 9. A character talking about their feelings oblivious to other hearers present
- 11. A poem that is usually sad and reflective in tone
- 13. A rhyming pattern used in verse
- 15. Speech made by a character to the audience but unheard by other characters
- 17. Two words together with opposite meanings
- 18. The unifying point, purpose, or meaning of a story or poem
- 21. Hints of things to come either through dialogue, prophetic episodes, or choices of characters on seemingly trivial matters
- 22. Used to relieve tension
- 24. A deliberate misrepresentation of severity or intensity
- 25. the technique of using rich and repeated sensory detail to emphasize theme, conflict, or characteristics
- 26. A lengthy narrative poem with a central heroic figure
- 27. A word or phrase that signifies an object or event which itself signifies something else
- 29. A brief subjective poem expressing the poets personal imagining and emotions
- 30. A style of writing that aims to correct by exposure to ridicule, deviations from normal conduct or reasonable opinion
Down
- 2. A word or phrase which suggests the sound being made
- 3. A statement which while seemingly contradictory may actually be true
- 5. The active opposition of characters, ideas, ways of life
- 8. The repetition of the first letter in words
- 10. Either an inanimate object or abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with life or human attributes or feelings
- 12. A poem expressing great grief
- 14. The choice and arrangement of words
- 16. The chief or hero character
- 19. A line having one meaning for the audience and another for the character
- 20. Any peom that does not have a fixed structure
- 23. A comparison where one thing becomes something else using words like 'is'
- 27. A section or grouping of lines in a poem
- 28. A comparison that uses 'like' or 'as'