Poetry Terms

3. the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
4. when an author compares two unlike things
7. a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words
10. a grouping of lines in a poem
11. a word that represents a sound or resembles the sound it stands for
12. when a word or phrase is repeated more than once, often for the purpose of emphasis
14. a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human traits
16. words that end in the same sounds
17. the author's attitude toward the subject

1. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
2. the repetition of vowel sounds (how now brown cow)
5. extreme exaggeration
6. descriptive language that engages the human senses (smell, sight, taste, sound, touch)
8. the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
9. the repetition of consonant sounds
13. when an author compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
15. the pattern of syllables that affects the flow and beat in a poem