Poetic Terms Review

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Across
  1. 3. A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like, as, or than
  2. 5. A songlike poem that tells a story.
  3. 9. rhyme rhyming of two words within a line of poetry
  4. 12. When words have the same ending syllables
  5. 13. A group of lines in a poem; a “paragraph” of poetry
  6. 14. Repeating a sound, word, phrase, or image in a work or text for an important effect
  7. 15. Description that appeals to the five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch
  8. 18. A form of poetry with 14 lines. The two main types are Italian and Shakespearean.
  9. 19. A Japanese form of poetry with three lines. The 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables each, and the 2nd line has seven syllables. It is usually related to nature.
  10. 22. A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or than
  11. 23. A stanza or poem of two lines that rhyme and follow a regular rhythm
  12. 24. Words that sound like what they mean
Down
  1. 1. Using the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of words
  2. 2. A deliberate, extreme exaggeration to make a point
  3. 4. A stanza or poem of four lines that follows a regular rhythm and rhyme pattern
  4. 6. A form of poetry with five lines. Lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyme; lines 3 & 4 rhyme
  5. 7. rhyme Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
  6. 8. A set pattern of hard and soft beats in lines a poem
  7. 10. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
  8. 11. verse Poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme
  9. 12. A repeating series of hard and soft beats in a poem
  10. 16. an expression that calls something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
  11. 17. Pentameter a line of writing that consists of ten spoken syllables in a specific pattern -- uses stressed and unstressed syllables
  12. 20. A common saying the means something different from its literal definition
  13. 21. All of the words in a poem that are on the same line of a page
  14. 25. Using a word in an unusual way to create a phrase that means to be funny.