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  >> Crossword Puzzle >> Educational >> ID #1615320  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
Poetry Terminology
Paper Dolls Assignment Challenge 10, Poetic Terms and Definitions
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What to look for when writing or critiquing poetry
Across:
 2 subject, topic or recurrent focus
 4 two or more words which have the same initial sound
 6 type of metaphor in which a non-human being is given human characteristics
 8 a way in which a poem is written
 9 an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, a pattern which comes closest to approximating the natural rhythm of speech
 12 two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
 14 a partial rhyme which has same internal vowel sounds amongst different words
 16 words that sound like their meaning
 17 repetition of sounds within different words, either end sound, middle or beginning
Down:
 1 flow of words within each meter and stanza
 3 a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
 5 repeating of the same word or group of words throughout poem to emphasize significance
 7 a stressed followed by an unstressed syllable
 8 sounds that make up words
 10 a comparison made by saying one thing is something else
 11 lines of poetry separated into groups
 13 something that represents something else through association, resemblance or convention
 15 a comparison using like or as
 
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