Figurative Language / Poetry Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• acrostic : poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name or phrase when read vertically.
• haiku : a japanese poem consisting of 3 lines and 17 syllables
• poetry : a literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm
• oxymoron : when 2 contradictory words are put together
• irony : used to depict a sharp contrast between how things unfold and how they were expected to unfold
• personification : giving human characteristics to something non-human
• simile : comparison using "like", "as" or "than"
• rhyme : the beat and pace of a poem
• figurative : _ language refers to a word that does not have a normal, literal meaning.
• onomatopoeia : a word that imitates a real-life sound
• imagery : elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images
• rhyme scheme: the pattern the end rhyme makes
• metaphor : a direct comparison of 2 unlike things
• idiom : a common saying that is specific to a language
• alliteration : repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word for effect
• hyperbole : exaggeration
• repetition : repeating of words, phrases or lines in a poem
• stanza : a group of lines in a poem
• theme : general idea or meaning of the story/poem
• satire : sarcasm