Poetry

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Across
  1. 1. a poem that tells a story
  2. 3. a direct comparison of two unlike things
  3. 5. involves using a word that expresses a sound.
  4. 7. language that is NOT meant to be taken literally
  5. 11. the narrator of a poem
  6. 13. when rhymes occur within a line of a poem
  7. 15. poetry set to music
  8. 17. he/she writes poems
Down
  1. 2. the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words
  2. 4. the comparison of two unlike things, using the word LIKE or AS in the comparison
  3. 6. the giving of non-human things human qualities
  4. 8. when rhymes occur at the end of the line of a poem
  5. 9. an exaggeration
  6. 10. a brief reference to something or someone well known, often from history or literature
  7. 12. when poems rhyme
  8. 13. an expression that cannot be understood literally; its meaning must be learned
  9. 14. similar sounds of words in a poem
  10. 16. how a poem is divided
  11. 17. a play on words