POETRY DEVICES

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Across
  1. 2. - reference to a person, place, thing, or event that is commonly known in literature, history, politics, sciences, an over exaggeration.
  2. 5. - repetition of consonant sounds the beginning of the words
  3. 9. - language that appeals to the senses sight, touch, taste, smell, sound
  4. 10. - read until there is punctuation
  5. 11. - the attitude of the speaker, not the poet
  6. 12. - a comparison of two unlikely things without using like or as.
  7. 15. - a comparison of two unlikely things using "like", "as", or "resembles"
  8. 16. -when you say or do something that is opposite of what is expected
Down
  1. 1. - giving non-human things human characteristics and qualities
  2. 3. -that no regular rhythm or rhyme
  3. 4. - words that rhyme exactly
  4. 6. - noise words/sound words
  5. 7. - read out loud. Listen to the sounds
  6. 8. - perform a dramatic reading
  7. 13. - read 2-3 more times to truly understand
  8. 14. - the alliteration of stressed and unstressed sounds that makes words rise and fall