AP Eng Lang - Rhetorical Devices Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases
  2. 4. opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other
  3. 7. pithy observation that contains a general truth
  4. 11. arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
  5. 13. specific to a country or region
  6. 17. complex sentence in which the main clause, or main point, occurs at the end of the sentence instead of the beginning
  7. 18. repeated in reverse order
  8. 22. self-contradictory statement or proposition
  9. 23. omitting inessential words; concise
  10. 24. presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
  11. 26. used by a particular group or profession
  12. 27. repetition of conjunctions in close succession to create rhythm
  13. 28. used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated
  14. 29. mentioning things one by one
  15. 30. formality
  16. 32. recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity
  17. 35. general character or attitude
  18. 37. visually descriptive or figurative language
  19. 39. fanciful expression
  20. 40. reverse order
  21. 41. short quotation
  22. 43. repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
  23. 44. two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
  24. 46. repetition of the initial part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence
Down
  1. 2. ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
  2. 3. inexactness
  3. 5. word or phrase applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
  4. 6. use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter,
  5. 7. indirect or passing reference
  6. 8. apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  7. 9. type of question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer
  8. 10. repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words
  9. 12. exclamatory passage addressed to a person or thing
  10. 14. repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
  11. 15. overused, lack of original thought
  12. 16. repeated in transpose order
  13. 19. 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
  14. 20. used in ordinary or familiar conversation
  15. 21. comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
  16. 22. word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas
  17. 25. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
  18. 31. adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
  19. 33. untimely, historically inaccurate
  20. 34. invokes an additional meaning
  21. 36. alternating between languages
  22. 38. short, amusing story
  23. 42. omission or absence of conjunction between parts of a sentence
  24. 45. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses