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Poetry Terminology		Rated: E
Paper Dolls Assignment Challenge 10, Poetic Terms and Definitions
by: ShelleyA	Avg Rating: (6)

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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