Poetry Terms

3. a humorous verse of five lines rhyming aabba
4. a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, message or the alphabet
6. a poem that tells a story
9. an exaggeration used for effect
11. the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words close together in a line of poetry
13. the writer's attitude toward the subject
15. vivid details that appeal to the senses

1. the author's choice of words
2. a written piece of text from a book, newspaper, or magazine that redacts words to come up with your own poem
5. reference to something or someone familiar used to make a connection in the reader's mind
7. a word whose sound echoes its meaning
8. comparison between two unlike things using a word of comparison
10. a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five
12. poetry that does not have a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme
14. the pattern of end rhyme in a poem