Poetry Terms Crossword Puzzle

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