Eulogy for a Library debrief crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The gradual destruction of Fisher Library is described with this mournful emotion.
  2. 5. Reference to “Alice in Wonderland” is an example of this technique.
  3. 6. Simmonds compares the destruction of the library to violence and catastrophe through this device.
  4. 7. The depiction of the library as a “sprawling wonderland” evokes this genre.
  5. 11. The text’s description of the vast, dizzying library evokes a sense of __________.
  6. 13. Imagery of university life as “perfumed air” and “soft purple bells” creates this kind of atmosphere.
  7. 14. Simmonds adopts this tone when describing the modern librarians versus the old.
  8. 16. The complaint about being “ambushed by books” is best described as what kind of tone?
  9. 20. The author says she “met Fisher”, which demonstrates this literary device.
  10. 21. The loss of traditional library culture is presented as a cultural __________.
  11. 22. The essay mourns a cultural and intellectual __________.
  12. 24. Falling into “rabbit holes” is a metaphor for unexpected __________.
  13. 25. The essay as a whole is structured as this type of sorrowful tribute.
Down
  1. 1. Simmonds expresses deep __________ for libraries, treating them almost as sacred spaces.
  2. 2. Falling into “rabbit holes” is a recurring __________ about discovery in the essay.
  3. 4. The modernization of the library is described as an attack by __________ invaders.
  4. 8. The text laments the end of __________ learning – finding things by happy accident.
  5. 9. Simmonds includes references to “muses” and “arcadias,” drawing on this broad literary tradition.
  6. 10. The text’s extended metaphor of modernisation as an attack by barbarians is an example of this technique.
  7. 12. Simmonds’ use of modal verbs and capitals (e.g., “SHOULD fall down”) provides passionate __________.
  8. 15. The tone at the beginning evokes a sense of longing for the past, also known as __________.
  9. 17. Simmonds is implicitly __________ about claims that students learn better in noisy open-plan libraries.
  10. 18. Sharp __________ is used to highlight the transformation from grandeur to banality.
  11. 19. What term describes how Simmonds contrast old and new library experiences?
  12. 23. By personifying books, Simmonds gives it __________ to “ambush” or “accost.”