Poetry Terms!

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