Poetry Terms
Across
- 2. "The procrastinator's meeting has been postponed" is an example of what literary term?
- 3. The sudden switch between present and past events
- 4. A 3 line poem or stanza that usually rhymes.
- 7. The Criticism of human behaviour with the use of irony, exaggeration ridicule or humour.
- 8. Similar to a metaphor except uses 'like' or 'as' to compare things.
- 10. An expression designed to help bring something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
- 11. The character's or narrator's voice in a poem.
- 13. The first part of a plot sequence in a story.
- 14. Visually descriptive language.
Down
- 1. The name of a group of lines forming the recurring pattern in a poem.
- 3. The following is an example of what literary term? "That was my first day at camp half- blood. I wish I knew how briefly I'd get to enjoy my new home." - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
- 5. "The rock was an elephant to carry" is an example of what poetry term.
- 6. A 4 line poem or stanza that usually rhymes.
- 9. A two line stanza ie: "I do not like green eggs and ham,| I do not like them Sam I am."
- 12. The place or type of surroundings where something takes place.
- 15. "A frog on a log."