Across
- 5. compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- 8. repeated use of words or phrases
- 10. an object, person, animal, place, or image that represents something other than itself
- 11. a reference to a famous work; in literature, the most well-known are the Bible, Shakespeare, or mythology
- 12. consists of lines and stanzas
- 13. a three-line Asian poem about nature
- 15. a songlike poem that honors a person or event
- 17. the sound of the words has a musical effect
- 21. repetition of identical sounds of words within a line
- 22. language not meant to be taken literally
- 23. the beat or pattern of syllables
- 24. a poem with no specific structure or rhyme
Down
- 1. extreme exaggeration
- 2. the form or layout of the poem
- 3. a poem that tells a story
- 4. giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
- 6. a poem that conveys feelings and emotions
- 7. words with sounds that suggest their meanings
- 9. repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
- 14. consists of sentences and paragraphs
- 16. compares two unlike things by saying that one "is" another
- 18. an expression whose meaning is not clear by looking at the words
- 19. a poem whose shape looks like its subject
- 20. the repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines