Using Language Well
Across
- 1. Phrases or expressions that, because of overuse, have lost their rhetorical power.
- 7. Powerless phrases such as "I thought we should," "I sort of think," or "Maybe we should" that communicate uncertainty.
- 8. Rhetorical strategy that uses contrasting statements in order to make a rhetorical point
- 12. Language that assumes the heterosexual orientation of a person or group of people.
Down
- 2. The means by which we communicate--a system of symbols we use to form messages.
- 3. Language that unnecessarily identifies gender or linguistically erases females through the use of man-linked terms and/or the use of "he" or "man" as generics.
- 4. Attempts to reproduce what is in our minds in the minds of our audience.
- 5. The repetition of the initial sounds of words.
- 6. Comparisons made by speaking of one thing in terms of another.
- 9. Comparisons made by speaking of one thing in terms of another using the word "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
- 10. The use of moderate exaggeration for effect.
- 11. Type of language that most people understand but that is not considered acceptable in formal or polite conversation.