Poetry Terms

3. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
5. Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
7. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
8. the physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition
9. Something in a text that represents some other abstract idea
10. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
13. words that have identical sounds in their final stressed syllables
16. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
17. A rhyming sound that is not exact.
18. A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be similar to another; typically using like or as
20. A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

1. A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is stated or implied to actually be another thing
2. when the author gives concepts, animals, or inanimate objects human attributes or emotions.
3. Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
4. An attitude of a writer toward the subject of their work
6. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
11. the part of the song that contrasts the verse and is repeated several times
12. A line that is repeated at the end of each verse.
14. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
15. A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
19. a group of lines in a poem or song that tell the "story" of the poem