Year 7 English Poetic devices

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Across
  1. 3. Related to the physical senses; transmitted or perceived by the senses – sight, taste, touch, hearing & smell
  2. 6. A measured flow of words
  3. 7. Technique of presenting things which are not human as if they were human.
  4. 10. The use of words with matching sounds, usually at the end of each line
  5. 11. A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.
  6. 12. Another word for verse
Down
  1. 1. Refers to category of poetry that is short, concentrated in expression, personal in its subject matter, and song-like.
  2. 2. Like the simile, this is based on a point of similarity between two things; but whereas the simile states that one thing is like another, this identifies them completely.
  3. 4. Use of words which echo their meaning in sound, e.g. "snap", crackle" and "pop"!
  4. 5. Repetition of closely connected words beginning with the same letter, usually a consonant. e.g. "the burning bushes" or " Sing a song of sixpence"!
  5. 8. Compares things which are alike in some respect, although they may be different in their general nature, by using 'like' or 'as'
  6. 9. Use of pictures, figures of speech and description to evoke ideas, feelings, objects, actions, states of mind etc.