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