AP-LANG VOCAB CROSSWORD
Across
- 4. language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience
- 5. A logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what theyŕe going to end with.
- 10. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
- 16. highly critical and insulting speech
- 17. A story, poem, or piece of art that use symbols in order to convey or let the reader interpret a hidden meaning, that is usually political or moral.
- 21. A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
- 24. written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse
- 25. An oxymoron is a figure of speech where two or a group of words contradict each other
- 26. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
- 27. Refers to when a conclusion is drawn from two prepositions that have something in common
- 28. Self contradictory statement that results in circular reasoning predicate, The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
- 30. the author's or speaker’s distinct vocabulary style and sentence structure
- 33. A word or phrase that only a particular professional group of people understand or know
- 34. A group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate
- 35. Ex. Shes going through a rollercoaster of emotions right now
- 36. a sentence containing a series of words or clauses in close succession, linked without the use of conjunctions
- 37. metaphor, longer metaphor :)
- 38. a word that resembles a certain sound
Down
- 1. Intended to teach, particularly in moral instruction as an ulterior motive
- 2. Ex. ¨The grass is greener on the other side"
- 3. Connecting two ideas together to show one is more important.
- 6. Words that describe the qualities / states or quantity of nouns
- 7. A point yielded to an opposing perspective during an argument or acknowledging defeat
- 8. to ignorance, An argument based on ignorance
- 9. A written phrase of words in memory of someone who died. Usually engraved on a tombstone.
- 11. “I have four mouths to feed at home”
- 12. Ex: You have to be tough as nails to win
- 13. 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. a variety of a language which has different pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary then the standard language of the culture.
- 15. Ex. "I am drowning in paperwork”
- 18. using language that normally signifies the opposite typically for humorous or emphatic effect
- 19. Formal writing, speech, or literature that praises someone or something
- 20. A scene in a movie, novel, television show, etc., that is set in a time period prior to the original time period of the main story.
- 22. Ex."we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"
- 23. Figure of speech in which a word is used in two different senses
- 29. the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false
- 31. the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex
- 32. A contrast between two things that are the opposite of each other or oppose each other.
- 34. the implied meaning behind something