Poetry Literary Terms
Across
- 1. comparing two things using like or as
- 4. words that express more than their literal meaning
- 6. poetry that does not have any end rhyme
- 7. gives human qualities to nonhuman things
- 12. poetry that tells a story
- 14. an extreme exaggeration
- 15. the use of words with similar end sounds
- 17. a group of lines
- 18. two words that rhyme on the same line
- 20. the use of words that begin with the same letter sound
- 22. comparing two things NOT using like or as
Down
- 2. short, musical poetry that deals with thoughts and emotions
- 3. a row of words
- 5. the repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words
- 8. the use of the same words or phrases over and over
- 9. a description that strongly appeals to the five senses
- 10. two words that rhyme at the end of the lines
- 11. the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words
- 13. the person that narrates the poem
- 15. the pattern of end rhyme in a poem
- 16. the person that wrote the poem
- 19. a metaphor that is used throughout a stanza or an entire poem
- 21. the use of words that sound like the word they describe