Poetry
Across
- 2. A comparison using like or as (e.g., as brave as a lion).
- 5. Repetition of similar sounding words at the end of lines (e.g., sky and high).
- 10. Main message or idea explored in a poem.
- 12. A grouped set of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose.
- 13. A word that imitates a sound (e.g., buzz, crash, sizzle).
- 14. Giving human traits to non-human things (e.g., the wind whispered).
- 15. Language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell).
Down
- 1. Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words (e.g., Peter Piper picked a peck).
- 3. Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words (e.g., mellow wedding bells).
- 4. Sound effect created when 's' or 'sh' sounds are created in words placed closed together.
- 6. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
- 7. Exaggeration for effect (e.g., I’ve told you a million times).
- 8. Technique used to emphasis a point or message.
- 9. A direct comparison between two unlike things (e.g., Time is a thief).
- 11. Poet's attitude towards subject matter of poem.
- 16. Feeling or atmosphere of the poem.