Across
- 1. The arrangement of words and the way a poem looks on a page
- 3. Rhyme A.K.A. near rhyme or half-rhyme…occurs when rhyming words have similar but not exact or identical rhyming sounds
- 6. The use of exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis
- 7. A descriptive expression that is not meant to be taken literally
- 12. Rhyme the most common form of rhyme in poetry, where the rhyming words occur at the end of lines
- 14. Rhyme rhyme that occurs within a line
- 16. When a poet describes an animal or objects as if it were human or had human qualities
- 17. scheme The pattern of rhymes in a poem
- 19. occurs when an object has meaning in and of itself and is also used to represent an abstract idea
- 20. The form in which poems are written
Down
- 2. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line
- 4. The repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines
- 5. A rhymed pair of lines in a poem
- 8. A sonnet is a poetic form. The word sonnet comes from the Italian word “sonetto” which means “little song”
- 9. A group of lines within a poem
- 10. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- 11. A metaphor is a direct comparison, with no signal words
- 13. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings, such as crack, boom, and bang
- 15. A comparison that uses the signal word like, as or than
- 18. Language that appeals to the reader’s five senses---sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
- 19. The speaker of a poem is the voice that relates the story or ideas of the poem