Poetry Terms

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Across
  1. 2. a comparison using "like" or "as"
  2. 7. descriptive words/words appealing to the five senses
  3. 8. an extreme exaggeration
  4. 10. the author's attitude toward the subject matter
  5. 11. rhyme that comes at the end of lines
  6. 13. the voice of the poem
  7. 17. the pattern of end rhymes in a poem
  8. 19. a word makes the sound
  9. 20. a group of related lines in a poem
  10. 22. poetry categorized by patterns of lines, meter, rhymes and stanzas
Down
  1. 1. a reference to something/one in history, literature, religion, etc.
  2. 3. repetition of the same beginning sounds
  3. 4. rhyme that comes within a line
  4. 5. poetry that does not have a specific form of rhyme, lines, etc.
  5. 6. the central message/insight/lesson of the poem
  6. 9. the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line
  7. 12. an expression of ideas using form, rhythm, and/or rhyme
  8. 14. two or more words that repeat the same end sounds.
  9. 15. giving human qualities to an object
  10. 16. an object that represents a belief or idea
  11. 18. a comparison between two unlike things
  12. 21. sounds/words/phrases are repeated for effect