Poetic Terms Review

3. A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like, as, or than
5. A songlike poem that tells a story.
9. rhyme rhyming of two words within a line of poetry
12. When words have the same ending syllables
13. A group of lines in a poem; a “paragraph” of poetry
14. Repeating a sound, word, phrase, or image in a work or text for an important effect
15. Description that appeals to the five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch
18. A form of poetry with 14 lines. The two main types are Italian and Shakespearean.
19. A Japanese form of poetry with three lines. The 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables each, and the 2nd line has seven syllables. It is usually related to nature.
22. A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or than
23. A stanza or poem of two lines that rhyme and follow a regular rhythm
24. Words that sound like what they mean

1. Using the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of words
2. A deliberate, extreme exaggeration to make a point
4. A stanza or poem of four lines that follows a regular rhythm and rhyme pattern
6. A form of poetry with five lines. Lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyme; lines 3 & 4 rhyme
7. rhyme Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
8. A set pattern of hard and soft beats in lines a poem
10. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
11. verse Poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme
12. A repeating series of hard and soft beats in a poem
16. an expression that calls something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
17. Pentameter a line of writing that consists of ten spoken syllables in a specific pattern -- uses stressed and unstressed syllables
20. A common saying the means something different from its literal definition
21. All of the words in a poem that are on the same line of a page
25. Using a word in an unusual way to create a phrase that means to be funny.