Poetry Terms Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: poetry : a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form, end rhyme : a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line, caesura : a natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line, epigram : a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation, meter : a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, assonance : repetition of vowel sounds, stanza : a group of lines in a poem, narrative poem : a poem that tells a story, end stop : the ending of a line with punctuation, consonance : repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words, slant rhyme : two words that have some sound in common but do not rhyme exactly, form : the look of a poem, haiku : 3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature, speaker : the narrator of a poem, ballad : a poem written in four-line stanzas, set to music, eye rhyme : a similarity between words in spelling but not in pronunciation, diction : word choice, free verse : poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme, shift : change or turn in a poem, rhythm : the beat of a poem, internal rhyme : a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line, poet : the author of the poem, alliteration : repetition of initial consonant sounds