Across
- 2. Words that sound like the things they describe.
- 5. field: a group of words that are linked thematically
- 7. a word showing action, movement, or being.
- 10. the repetition of the "S" sound.
- 13. question: a question which does not expect an answer and therefore used for effect.
- 15. An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
- 16. (or persona): The ‘voice’ of a piece of writing, particularly a poem
- 18. a category or type of writing - e.g. horror stories or love stories.
- 20. the sounds A,E,I,O,U.
- 21. open to two or more interpretations.
- 22. patterns of similar sounds.
- 24. a poem which tells a story.
- 27. in story form.
- 28. A stop or pause within a line of poetry
- 30. a two-word phrase which brings together two opposites - eg. ‘feather of lead’
- 32. the repetition of vowel sounds.
- 34. a comparison where something is said to be something else.
- 35. non-human things are described as if they were human.
- 36. a series of words all containing, or beginning with the same consonant.
- 37. a word which gives us more information about a verb.
Down
- 1. language: phrasing which creates a strong emotional response in the reader.
- 2. an eight line stanza of poetry, often featured as the first part of a Petrarchan sonnet
- 3. verse: Unrhymed verse, where each line has ten syllables.
- 4. a six line stanza of poetry, often featured as the second half of a Petrarchan sonnet
- 6. intentional exaggeration to create an effect.
- 8. a formally structured poem with 14 lines.
- 9. fallacy: giving emotional human characteristics to non-animated objects – often used with weather - e.g a storm on the night of a scary story
- 11. a situation where something is said but the reader can see a different meaning.
- 12. a play on words
- 14. any collection of poems or other writing.
- 16. a comparison using "like" or "as".
- 17. a word which gives us more information about a noun.
- 19. the pattern of beats in speech or a line of verse.
- 22. couplet: two lines of poetry together that rhyme
- 23. running one line of poetry into another without stopping.
- 25. a specific type of repetition in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
- 26. a four line stanza – a Shakespearean sonnet is comprised of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet
- 29. the act of positioning close together (or side by side) two often contrasting images, ideas etc for effect
- 31. ‘turning point’ - a change in thought and/or emotion. Can be seen in any poem, but look out for this in the first line of the sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet
- 33. all the sounds of the alphabet apart from the vowel sounds.