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Rhyme: words that sound alike
Alliteration: same constant beginning sound in two or more words
Poem: piece of writing that contains two or more poetic elements
Metaphor: comparison between two things
Simile:comparison between two nouns using like or as
personification:giving a non-living object human traits
imagery: a mental picture
onomatopoeia:a sound (BOOM!)
couplet: two lines that rhyme
heroic couplet: two constrictive lines that rhyme
triplet:group of three lines that rhyme
limerick: a poem in aabba format
narrative: poem that tells story
ballad: song like poem
haiku: Japanese poem
hyperbole: overstatement
apostrophe: speaking to a non-living object like a person
lyric: highly musical poem that tells no story
internal rhymes:rhymes that occur within a line
end rhymes: rhyming words at end of lines
repetition: repeating word or phrase
concrete poem: the poems shape suggests subject
allegory: like an extended metaphor
extended metaphor: a metaphor that extends to several lines
elegy: a poem about a dead person or thing
figure of speech: language meant not to be taken literally
irony: saying one thing but meaning another
ode: a poem written to praise someone, something, or an event
oxymoron: two conflicting words used together
pun: a play on words
Poetry Terms
Across:1. | the poems shape suggests subject | 3. | highly musical poem that tells no story | 5. | like an extended metaphor | 6. | two lines that rhyme | 7. | overstatement | 11. | giving a non-living object human traits | 13. | comparison between two things | 14. | two conflicting words used together | 15. | song like poem |
| 16. | a play on words | 17. | two constrictive lines that rhyme | 18. | rhymes that occur within a line | 22. | language meant not to be taken literally | 23. | words that sound alike | 24. | poem that tells story | 25. | group of three lines that rhyme | 26. | a poem written to praise someone, something, or an event |
| | Down:2. | a poem about a dead person or thing | 4. | repeating word or phrase | 5. | same constant beginning sound in two or more words | 8. | a sound (BOOM!) | 9. | a mental picture | 10. | a metaphor that extends to several lines |
| 12. | saying one thing but meaning another | 16. | piece of writing that contains two or more poetic elements | 17. | Japanese poem | 19. | speaking to a non-living object like a person | 20. | comparison between two nouns using like or as | 21. | a poem in aabba format |
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Poetry Terms
Across:1. | the poems shape suggests subject | 3. | highly musical poem that tells no story | 5. | like an extended metaphor | 6. | two lines that rhyme | 7. | overstatement | 11. | giving a non-living object human traits | 13. | comparison between two things | 14. | two conflicting words used together | 15. | song like poem |
| 16. | a play on words | 17. | two constrictive lines that rhyme | 18. | rhymes that occur within a line | 22. | language meant not to be taken literally | 23. | words that sound alike | 24. | poem that tells story | 25. | group of three lines that rhyme | 26. | a poem written to praise someone, something, or an event |
| | Down:2. | a poem about a dead person or thing | 4. | repeating word or phrase | 5. | same constant beginning sound in two or more words | 8. | a sound (BOOM!) | 9. | a mental picture | 10. | a metaphor that extends to several lines |
| 12. | saying one thing but meaning another | 16. | piece of writing that contains two or more poetic elements | 17. | Japanese poem | 19. | speaking to a non-living object like a person | 20. | comparison between two nouns using like or as | 21. | a poem in aabba format |
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© 2014
PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only