Introduction to Poetry and Sound Devices

2. The beat or flow of a poem created by which syllables in the words are stressed or unstressed.
4. Rhymes that occur between words at the end of two lines of poetry, following the poem's rhyme scheme.
6. Rhymes that are inexact in sound or number of syllables.
8. The narrator of a poem.
10. Lines of poetry are sometimes called this.
11. The repetition of vowel sounds within two or more words in a sentence or a single line of poetry.
13. A word that sounds like what it is.
14. A form of writing that primarily aims to cause great emotion in the reader.

1. The author or poet helps the reader visualize what is happening in their writing by appealing to the reader's senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
2. The repetition of two or more words with similar sounding endings in a line of poetry. These similar sounding words also need to have the same number of syllables.
3. A single word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences, lines, or clauses.
5. The use of letters to label the pattern of rhyming in a poem.
7. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words in a sentence or a single line of poetry.
9. A group of lines in a poem.
12. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, middle, and/or end of two or more words in a sentence or a single line of poetry.