Across
- 5. How the peom feels.
- 7. Where the writing tells a story.
- 9. When consonant sounds are repeated in nearby words e.g. the 'm' sound in 'numb as a smashed arm'
- 10. The type of poem, e.g. a sonnet or ballad.
- 12. A version of language spoken by people from a certain place or background.
- 13. This is where an object stands for something else, such as a statue standing for human power or a dove standing for peace.
- 15. A group of lines in a poem.
- 17. Verse, Poetry that has no regular rhythm or line length and doesn't rhyme.
- 18. Understanding what someone else is feeling and/or experiencing.
- 20. Describing something from personal experience about the writer's life.
- 23. One unit of sound.
- 25. Attributing human emotions to objects or nature.
- 28. This is where vowel sounds are repeated but consonants may be different e.g. 'while I pondered weak and weary'
- 30. When a phrase or sentence runs from one line or stanza to the next.
- 31. Spellings, When words are spelt as the sound rather than formally e.g. 'de' for 'the'.
- 33. Something that makes you feel a certain emotion.
- 35. The way a poem is presented on the page.
- 37. A way of describing something by comparing it to something else by using the word 'like' or 'as'.
- 38. This is the repetition of the same consonant sound or letter at the beginning or words.
- 40. Language that conjures up a picture in your mind. Can include metaphors, similies and personification.
- 41. Exaggeration used to emphasise a point.
- 42. Poetry intended to be spoken aloud.
- 43. Words are used to imply the opposite to their normal meaning. It can be to highlight the difference between what is expected and what will actually happen.
Down
- 1. When two events, characters or descriptions are close to each other which encourages the reader to compare them.
- 2. The mood or feelings suggested by the manner of the writing.
- 3. Poetry with lines of ten syllables, alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.
- 4. Attributing human qualities, actions and/or feelings to non-living things.
- 6. A word that sounds like the thing it's describing e.g. 'clicking or 'pluck'.
- 8. When two or more words in the same line rhyme.
- 11. A turning point in the poem where the tone or argument changes dramatically.
- 14. How the ideas and events develop throughout the poem: at the beginning, in the main body and at the end.
- 16. This is when the writing is about a character other than the author and uses pronouns like 'he', 'she' or 'it'.
- 19. A short burst of sound when words start with 'b', 'd', 'g', 'k', 'p' or 't'.
- 20. Where a phrase or word can be interpreted in two or more ways.
- 21. Two rhyming lines next to each other.
- 22. Poetry written in iambic pentameter but not rhyming.
- 24. A phrase which contradicts itself.
- 26. Words that are written and spelt the same but have different meanings e.g. 'bark'.
- 27. The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm.
- 29. The repetition of 's' and 'sh' sounds.
- 32. When the writing is about the writer or his group, using words like 'I', 'We', 'my' and 'our'.
- 34. The speaker of the poem, either the poet or a character through which the poet is speaking.
- 36. A way of describing something by saying it is something else e.g. 'he broke my heart'.
- 39. A pause in a line of poetry for effect.