Poetry Vocabulary
Across
- 3. a unit of length
- 6. A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a person or thing by referring to something else, implying a comparison without using "like" or "as
- 9. SOFT RETURN" or "MANUAL LINE BREAK
- 13. a manner of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is seemingly expressed
- 14. igure of speech, a type of figurative language,
- 16. a group of lines within a poem, often separated by a blank line or indentation, serving as a structural unit, similar to a paragraph in prose.
- 17. words that have the same initial consonant sound
- 19. a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things using words like "like" or "as
- 21. deafening silence" or "jumbo shrimp," often used for emphasis, irony, or humor.
Down
- 1. symbol," "symbolic," "symbolize," "symbolization," "emblem," "iconography," and "connotation".
- 2. words that imitate or suggest the sounds they describe
- 4. emotional impact of writing
- 5. giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas
- 7. word that sound the same end in the last 3 letters
- 8. writing arranged in lines with rhythm and often rhyme, encompassing poems, songs, and sections of religious texts.
- 10. phrase with a figurative and literal meaning
- 11. a recurring pattern of sound or movement, found in music, poetry, dance, and even natural phenomena like the heartbeat or seasons.
- 12. words that evoke sensory experiences (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) in the reader's mind, creating vivid mental pictures and
- 15. a joke
- 18. "vocabulary" encompasses the words used in a piece of writing.
- 20. cheerful," "reflective," "gloomy," "humorous," "melancholy," "idyllic," and "whimsical,