Poetry Terms!
Across
- 6. the repeating of a word or phrase in a line or poem
- 8. a two-line stanza, usually rhymed
- 10. emphasis given to a word or syllable
- 11. a number of lines that divide a poem into sections
- 14. a phrase that combines two seemingly contradictory elements
- 19. an exaggeration that something either has much more or much less of a quality than it actually has
- 20. when two or more words have the same sound
- 22. a description of non-human objects or ideas using human characteristics
- 23. a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as”
- 24. mental pictures that are created with words
Down
- 1. a comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
- 2. the writer's choice of words
- 3. the writer's attitude toward a subject
- 4. a play on words with similar sounds or on one word with multiple meanings
- 5. language that uses figures of speech and cannot be taken literally
- 7. the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words
- 9. repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words
- 12. the repetition of vowel sounds in words
- 13. poems that do not follow a specific pattern
- 15. the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
- 16. rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines
- 17. the emotion you feel when you read a poem
- 18. an object, person, action, or situation that signifies more than itself
- 21. the use of words that sound like the objects or actions they describe