Poetry Terms Crossword
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
 
 
Down: 1) the use of words such as “buzz” and “thud” that sound like the sound which they refer to3) an author’s attitude toward his or her subject 5) somebody's way of thinking about or approaching a subject, as shaped by his or her own character, experience, mindset, and history7) the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in a verse of a poem (aabb-abab- abcabc-etc.)8) a fixed distinctive expression whose meaning cannot be deduced from the combined meanings of its actual words; an expression (Example “lend me a hand)9) in poetry, the pattern formed by stressed and unstressed syllables13) the actual dictionary meaning of a word, rather than the feelings or ideas connected with the word15) a statement that is exaggerated or overstated to emphasize a point or to create a humorous effect16) a phrase that describes something by comparing it to something else using the word “like” or “as18) poets write in lines which may or not be sentences; a group of lines make up a stanza in a poem 21) the creation of word pictures that represent an idea; a set of mental pictures produced by memory, imagination or conjured up by figurative language24) the emotional effect or feeling that an author creates in a literary work25) a section of a poem consisting of a group of lines that form a unit in a pattern that is repeated through the whole poem Across: 2) an additional idea or emotion that a word suggests to you, that is not part of its usual meaning4) the repetition of a constant sound, usually at the beginnings of words6) gives human qualities to an object, animal or idea 10) a literary technique involving the use of an object, event, or character to express an idea more general or broader than itself11) specific to a type of poem; various different types12) the underlying idea or message about life or human nature contained in a literary work14) a way of speaking or writing that looks at familiar things in a new way; using or containing a nonliteral sense of a word or words; metaphors, similes, etc.17) a similarity in the sound of word endings, especially in poetry; lines ending in the same sound19) a word or phrase that means one thing and is used for referring to another thing in order to emphasize their similar qualities20) a literary technique that involves repeating a word or phrase for emphasis or to create rhythm or particular emotional effect22) the exact meaning of a word23) the word choice that gives the best understanding of what is being said; the thing, action, feeling, idea, etc. that a word or words represent25) in poetry, the voice that talks to the reader. The speaker is comparable to a narrator in a work of fiction
 

 

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