Poetic Terms

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Across
  1. 5. A group of lines within a poem (a bit like a paragraph).
  2. 6. When a writer uses the same word, or phrase, more than once for impact and effect.
  3. 7. Using words that sound like the noise they make.
  4. 9. When a writer gives human qualities, or feelings, to something that isn't human.
Down
  1. 1. A contrasting description using two words that appear to be opposites.
  2. 2. Describing something by comparing it to something else using 'like' or 'as'.
  3. 3. When words begin with the same letter, or sound.
  4. 4. When a sentence overuns a line (or stanza) into the next one.
  5. 8. Describing something by saying it actually is something else.