Across
- 3. this poetic device gives human qualities to something that is not human
- 5. this poetic device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
- 6. the writer's attitude toward his or her subject in the poem
- 8. a poetic device that refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike consonant sounds can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of words, and consonance is created when these words appear in quick succession.
- 9. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, as in Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
- 12. extreme exaggeration to show intensity or urgency
- 13. the use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or sentence - more than once
Down
- 1. like a narrator of a story, this is the voice of the poem
- 2. the feelings and associations a word evokes in people
- 4. a brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is familiar; usually these come from the Bible, Greek or Roman mythology, or historical events
- 7. the use of words to imitate sounds
- 9. a poetic device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words next or close to each other within a line of poetry
- 10. language that appeals to the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
- 11. the message or insight about life or human nature that the poem conveys