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Across
  1. 5. a distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, and short story
  2. 9. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
  3. 10. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
  4. 12. It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven as false.
  5. 13. describe the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences
  6. 15. balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.
  7. 18. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
  8. 19. a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other
  9. 24. A figure of speech and form of verbal irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect.
  10. 25. (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
  11. 26. a speech or writing in praise of a person or persons, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.
  12. 28. figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
  13. 30. a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
  14. 31. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
  15. 34. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
  16. 35. state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
  17. 36. the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
  18. 37. an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
  19. 39. are “controversial” because not everyone agrees with them, so they cannot be effective without evidence.
  20. 40. proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or a true but seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that goes against itself.
  21. 41. figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
  22. 42. repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants (as in stony and holy) used as an alternative to rhyme in verse.
Down
  1. 1. identifying one idea as less important than another.
  2. 2. a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
  3. 3. is a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object
  4. 4. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
  5. 6. A short poem intended for (or imagined as) an inscription on a tombstone and often serving as a brief elegy.
  6. 7. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  7. 8. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
  8. 11. common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument.
  9. 14. the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.
  10. 16. encompasses the use of literal or figurative language to add symbolism and enable the reader to imagine the world of the piece of literature
  11. 17. mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
  12. 20. a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion
  13. 21. a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form
  14. 22. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
  15. 23. special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
  16. 25. A statement that is made to create or prove an argument.
  17. 27. the act of bringing forward or adducing something
  18. 29. a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic. It uses figurative language to refer to a situation without having to confront it.
  19. 32. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
  20. 33. the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
  21. 38. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.