Language of Poetry

3. Words that sound similar to their meaning (i.e. plop, fizz, pow).
6. The literal, dictionary meaning of a word.
7. Vivid descriptions that make the reader visualize mental pictures in their minds.
8. When a word sounds ugly and clashes when spoken.
10. When a key word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of a line of poetry.
11. Lines in a poem that end with no punctuation.
15. Poetry written with no fixed, regular meter, rhyme, or form.
18. A two line stanza that usually rhymes a, a.
19. The greatest NBA player of all-time.
20. Giving human qualities to animals.
23. Lines in a poem that end in punctuation.
24. Repetition of consonant sounds within words (i.e. better letters litter lighter).
25. Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together (i.e. we ate great potatoes).
28. A thing or action that has figurative meaning beyond itself (i.e. apple, crucifix).
30. Paragraph like divisions of a poem.
32. Exact rhyme where words sound precisely the same.
33. When words visually look like they should rhyme, but are actually pronounced very differently (i.e. through/trough).

1. A four line stanza that usually rhymes a, b, a, b.
2. When two or more unlike things are compared.
4. Rhyming words inside a poem's lines, rather than at the end of each line.
5. A simple metaphor that uses words 'like' or 'as' in comparison (i.e. feet like a gorilla).
9. A punctuation mark in the middle of a line of poetry that creates a hard pause disrupting the rhythm and flow.
10. Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words (i.e. brown bears board boats).
12. Giving animal characteristics to humans.
13. Giving human characteristics to inanimate things.
14. Choosing words for optimal effect.
16. General pattern of rhyme a poem's lines follow (i.e. aabbccdd...).
17. When a word sounds beautiful as it rolls off the tongue
21. The suggested, implied associations that a word carries beyond the literal meaning.
22. The attitude of the speaker in a poem towards the subject.
26. Inexact rhymes--sometimes called half rhymes (i.e. face/dress).
27. A two word phrase; separately, the words contradict; together the words make a new meaning (i.e. freezer burn, act naturally).
29. The underlying beat or rhythm of a poem created and measured by looking at stressed and unstressed syllables.
31. Mr. Robertson's rapper name.