Poetic Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Part of a story which gives information about the characters and their situation before the action begins to change them
  2. 4. The repetition of a constant sound within words
  3. 6. The actual speech of characters in a story, usually punctuated by quotation marks
  4. 7. The repetition of vowel sounds within words
  5. 9. A character talking about their feelings oblivious to other hearers present
  6. 11. A poem that is usually sad and reflective in tone
  7. 13. A rhyming pattern used in verse
  8. 15. Speech made by a character to the audience but unheard by other characters
  9. 17. Two words together with opposite meanings
  10. 18. The unifying point, purpose, or meaning of a story or poem
  11. 21. Hints of things to come either through dialogue, prophetic episodes, or choices of characters on seemingly trivial matters
  12. 22. Used to relieve tension
  13. 24. A deliberate misrepresentation of severity or intensity
  14. 25. the technique of using rich and repeated sensory detail to emphasize theme, conflict, or characteristics
  15. 26. A lengthy narrative poem with a central heroic figure
  16. 27. A word or phrase that signifies an object or event which itself signifies something else
  17. 29. A brief subjective poem expressing the poets personal imagining and emotions
  18. 30. A style of writing that aims to correct by exposure to ridicule, deviations from normal conduct or reasonable opinion
Down
  1. 2. A word or phrase which suggests the sound being made
  2. 3. A statement which while seemingly contradictory may actually be true
  3. 5. The active opposition of characters, ideas, ways of life
  4. 8. The repetition of the first letter in words
  5. 10. Either an inanimate object or abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with life or human attributes or feelings
  6. 12. A poem expressing great grief
  7. 14. The choice and arrangement of words
  8. 16. The chief or hero character
  9. 19. A line having one meaning for the audience and another for the character
  10. 20. Any peom that does not have a fixed structure
  11. 23. A comparison where one thing becomes something else using words like 'is'
  12. 27. A section or grouping of lines in a poem
  13. 28. A comparison that uses 'like' or 'as'