Elements of Style Vocab Quiz

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Across
  1. 3. match or surpass, typically by imitation
  2. 6. the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
  3. 11. hardly touching a matter; peripheral
  4. 12. the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history
Down
  1. 1. the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (a word family)
  2. 2. think deeply about something
  3. 4. today's the day!
  4. 5. sentence structure
  5. 7. writing about visual art
  6. 8. a unit of grammatical organization consisting of a subject and verb
  7. 9. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
  8. 10. the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.