Poetry and Figurative Language Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. opposite of what is expected
  2. 4. expression of emotion or thought
  3. 5. dictionary meaning of a word
  4. 10. under representing the facts
  5. 12. sound imitates what is being described
  6. 19. poem that mimicks a serious poem for humourous effect
  7. 20. suggested meaning of a word
  8. 22. poem with an important visual component
  9. 23. reference to something else, some familiar
  10. 25. repetition of first sound in a consecutive series
  11. 29. deliberate exaggeration
  12. 30. diction that suggests the poet's attitude
  13. 31. folk song or story, intended to be sung
Down
  1. 1. play on words
  2. 2. comparison using like or as
  3. 6. addressing objects in the second person
  4. 7. verse with rhythm but no consistent pattern of stresses
  5. 8. placing opposites next to each other for effect
  6. 9. giving human qualities to non humans
  7. 11. poetic verse in iambic pentameter
  8. 13. implied wide general truths about human experience
  9. 14. poem for someone's death
  10. 15. direct comparison
  11. 16. part of something representing the whole
  12. 17. poem with 14 lines and 140 syllables
  13. 18. seventeen syllables, three lines
  14. 21. poem that tells a story
  15. 24. insulting, not praising
  16. 26. five line nonsense poem
  17. 27. rhyme with in a single line of poetry
  18. 28. long poem with serious theme and heroic deeds