Across
- 4. The general mood/atmosphere that is communicated in the poem, often by the way in which something is expressed
- 6. A phrase combining two terms that seem to be opposites
- 8. The repetition of similiar or identical sounds in words which follow each other
- 11. Describing a natural thing like the weather or the sea, as if it is feeling the emotion expressed by the poet/characters
- 13. verse Poetry that avoids regular pattern of rhyme and rhythm, although it may use other repetitive patterns of word, phrases or structures
- 16. General term to refer to word-pictures (images), figures of speech (similes, metaphors) and description
- 17. Repeating a word or phrase
- 19. A word or expression used of saying something which might be unpleasant or embarrassing
Down
- 1. A word or phrase that suggests something else - often a story or idea that many people know
- 2. Like the simile, is comparing one thing with another thing, but identifies them completely without using the words 'like' and 'as'
- 3. Use of words which sound like the things they are describing
- 5. An idea or feeling that is often associated with a specific word or phrase
- 7. Just as in music, the pattern of beats created by the words in a poem and the way they are organised
- 9. Comparing one thing to another thing using the words 'like'or 'as'
- 10. A word or phrase that could mean more than one thing
- 12. The repetition of words beginning with the same letter
- 14. The use of words with matching sounds, often at the end of each line
- 15. A technique in which the idea and perhaps rhythm of one line are continued and completed in the next line
- 18. A play on words, in which two different meanings are suggested either by the same word or two similiar sounding words