Poetic Devices Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• hyperbole : is a gross exaggeration
• denotation : the literal,straightforward meaning of a word
• metaphor : happens when one thing is described as being another thing (doesn't use "like or as"
• haiku : a poetic form invented by the japanese
• connotation : the suggestive meaning of a word-the associations it brings up
• rhyming couplet : is a pair of verses that rhyme
• cliche : are phrases or expressions that are used so much in everyday life
• imagery : is intense,descriptive language in a poem that helps to trigger our senses and our memories when we read it
• stanza : a division within a poem where a group of lines are formed into a unit
• simile : compare one thing directly to another(uses"like or as"
• irony : involves saying one thing while really meaning another,contradictory thing
• free verse : is a poetic style that lacks a regular meter or rhyme scheme
• personification : involves giving human traits (qualities,feelings,action,or characteristics)to non-living objects (things,color,qualities,or ideas)
• alliteration : happens when words that begin with the same sound are placed close to one another.
• onomatopoeia : refers either to words that resemble in sound what they represent