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Poetry Terms Crossword Puzzle! Across 1. a reference to a person, place, event or thing outside of the poem 5.

a comparison in which one thing is like another 7. a type of poetry with no rules or set structure 8. a repeated word, phrase, line or stanza 10. a poem that tells a story and easily becomes a song 13. a form of poetry that consists of three lines 14. a lyric poem that consists of 14 lines 15. language that appeals to the five senses 18. a comparison in which one thing is said to be the other 20. a metaphor that continues throughout several lines of poetry 21. the voice or "narrator" of the poem Down 2. a word whose sound imitates its meaning 3. a metaphor that is suggested but not directly stated 4. two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme 6. two words that rhyme in one line of poetry 9. words that rhyme at the end of a line 11. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words 12. the "paragraph" of a poem 16. poetry that focuses on feelings and emotions 17. extreme exaggeration 19. a metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is given humanlike characteristics Terms

alliteration allusion ballad couplet end rhyme free verse haiku hyperbole imagery internal rhyme lyric poetry metaphor implied metaphor extended metaphor onomatopoeia personification refrain simile sonnet speaker stanza

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