Poetry Terms for EOG Review
Across
- 2. poem, poem that tells a story It follows the plot diagram
- 3. use of a sound, word, or phrase to emphasize it
- 10. rhyme,rhymes at the end of lines
- 11. compare two things without using like or as
- 13. give something human qualities to things that aren't human
- 15. metaphor, comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a poem
- 17. devices,types of figurative language that add a musical quality to poetry like alliteration
- 18. song like poems that tell a story about adventure and romance
- 19. scheme,the pattern of each line: Ex. ABCD ABCD AABB ABAB
- 20. of vowel sounds: a e i o u and sometimes y
- 21. three line Japanese poem usually about nature
- 23. like or as to compare two unlike things
- 25. couplet,two lines that rhyme
- 26. pattern beats and stressed syllables
Down
- 1. consonant end sounds at the end of words.
- 4. of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- 5. of sounds at the end of words. Ex: hand and land
- 6. poetry is structured a group of lines
- 7. language,writing that is imaginative and not meant to be taken literally
- 8. verse, poetry without rhymes and without structure
- 9. poem,expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker
- 12. of words that imitate sounds
- 14. rhyme,when a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end of a line
- 16. or speech that appeals to the senses
- 22. humorous silly five line poem
- 24. description that appeals to the senses