Crossword Puzzle -Practice Terms

Language that is used imaginatively, rather than literally, to express ideas or feelings in new ways.
Make comparisons between dissimilar things. Uses like or as to compare two unlike things.
Gives human traits to nonhuman things
Speak of one thing in terms of another, as in, “All the world’s a stage.” It's a comparison that uses forms of the verb "be." (am is are was were)
A descriptive language that creates vivid impressions. These images are developed through sensory language.
Provides details related to sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, and movement.
Used to achieve a musical quality. (onomatopoeia, rhyme, alliteration, assonance)
the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables of words in a sequence.
A pattern of rhythm.
The repetition of identical sounds in the last syllable of words.
A pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines. The letters of the alphabet are used to denote the pattern.
Initial rhyme is the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
The repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS in nearby words.
The repetition of consonants within nearby words in which the preceding vowels differ, as in the words milk and walk.
Tells a story and has a plot, characters, and a setting.
A long narrative poem about the feats of gods or heroes
A songlike narrative that has short stanzas and a refrain. Usually written about hardships, tragedies, love, and romance.
Tells a story using a character’s own thoughts or spoken statements.
Express the feelings of a single speaker. The most common type of poem in modern literature.
A verse form with three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
A verse form with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables
Has neither a set pattern of rhythm nor rhyme.
A fourteen-line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhyme, rhythm, and line structure.
the arrangement of words; may not be sentences
the shape or structure of a poem; the way a poem looks on the page
The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem. The character telling the poem and often not identified.
a group of lines that usually develop one idea. Poets use these to give a poem structure and to emphasize ideas.
Words used to imitate sounds. The word is the sound and the sound is the word.
This occurs when a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end.
A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.
A purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor. Ex. tons of money-waiting for ages- a flood of tears
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work or literature or art.
A common phrase made up of words that can'e be taken literally-ex"frog in my throat"
a seeming contradiction of two words put together (jumbo shrimp) (pretty ugly)
The ordinary form of written language that uses sentences and paragraphs- it's the normal reading passages NOT poetry.
The art of expressing one's thoughts in VERSE.