Elements of Poetry

6. a poem that is shaped to look like its subject
13. compares two unlike things without using the words like or as
15. the use of words to imitate sounds
16. language that appeals to the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
17. a poem that does not have a strict structure, regular rhythm, or pattern of rhyme
18. the use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or sentence - more than once
19. a writer's attitude toward his or her subject
20. not emphasized when the syllable is spoken
21. the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words
22. the dictionary definition of a word
23. compares two unlike things using the words like or as
25. a Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines; the first and third lines have 5 syllables, the second line has 7

1. is an extreme exaggeration
2. a group of lines that work together to express a central idea
3. the feelings and associations a word evokes in people
4. gives human qualities to something that is not human
5. a poem that tells a story in verse
7. the repetition of sounds at the ends of words, as in pool, rule, and fool
8. emphasized when the syllable is spoken
9. writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
10. a humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific rhythm and pattern of rhyme
11. like a narrator of a story, this is the voice of the poem
12. the beat created by a poems pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
14. the message or insight about life the poem conveys
24. a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verses