Poetry Study Guide Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• meter : rhythm in verse
• imagery : a writer's particular word usage that creates a detailed sensory picture
• simile : a comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"
• tone : the author's attitude towards the subject
• free verse : a type of poetry that does not have any set meter or rhyme
• stanza : a group of lines that forms one unit
• figure of speech : when words are used in unusual ways to create drama
• lyric poem : poetry that expresses the author's personal thoughts
• couplet : two rhymed lines
• pentameter : five metric feet
• haiku : a type of poem that has three lines with a strict amount of syllables per line
• scansion : analysis of verse to show its meter
• personification : when an author gives human-like qualities to an animal or inanimate object
• sonnet : a poem with 14 lines and a strict meter and rhyming pattern
• symbol : something that stands for something else
• metaphor : a comparison of two unlike things by giving them equal qualities
• iamb : a two syllable grouping
• hyperbole : a great exaggeration for dramatic effect