Across
- 2. Poem that expresses thoughts and feelings of speaker
- 5. Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds (lake/fate)
- 6. Exaggeration to express emotion or for comic relief
- 9. Repetition of same or similar consonant sounds in words close together (Peter Piper picked)
- 13. Repeated word/phrase/line(s)
- 14. Line made of 5 iambs (has 10 syllables)
- 15. Central idea revealed by work; message or lesson
- 20. Syllable higher in pitch, little louder syllable
- 22. Author's attitude towards characters or situations (formal, serious, sad, joyful, humorous)
- 23. Mood, feeling created by piece
- 25. Sounds are spelled out as words (buzz, kerplunk)
- 26. Reversal of normal word order (Yoda, "Named must your fear be before banish it you can.")
- 27. Poem/verse meant to be recited; gives insight to a character; tells story or refers to a situation
- 28. Comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" (Her love is LIKE a red rose)
- 29. Something that suggests other meanings (Water=New life; Yoda=Wisdom)
Down
- 1. Meanings, associations, or emotions that word suggests (cuisine=elegance)
- 3. Rhyme within the line
- 4. Poetry without meter or rhyme scheme
- 7. Language that appeals to the 5 senses
- 8. Poem that tells a story (beginning, middle, end)
- 10. Fixed expression ("You're pulling my leg")
- 11. Comparison between two unlike things; no "like" or "as" (Juliet IS the sun)
- 12. Syllable is part of the word not emphasized
- 16. Words at end of lines rhyme
- 17. Reference to something well known (person, event, religion, mythology, politics, etc.)
- 18. Give human qualities to no human things (Trees dancing in the wind)
- 19. Literal meaning of word
- 21. Ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
- 24. Beat or pace; created by pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables