POETRY TECHNIQUES



Across
3. comparing by saying something is something else
5. two lines next to each other that rhyme
6. words related to each other
8. continuation of a sentence from one line to the next
9. No conjunctions
12. playful use of words
13. words that sound like the sound
18. old language
19. hard consonants - p, b, d
20. slang
21. repeated words for effect
22. commanding verbs
23. S or Sh sound
25. poem about love
26. group of lines
27. Extra conjunction
28. mixing up the senses
29. speaking to someone dead or something not "real"
   
Down
1. pause in the line
2. avoiding saying something offensive
4. repeated sounds at the beginning of words
7. no rhyme of rhythm
8. full stop at the end
10. contrasting images
11. deliberate exaggeration
14. contradictory words
15. non-human things with human feelings
16. 10 syllables per line
17. comparing using as/like
24. repeated phrase at beginning of sentences