Language Review
Across
- 4. The use of symbols or objects to represent ideas, concepts, or qualities beyond their literal meaning.
- 5. Refers to the overall attitude of a text that typically reflects the writer’s feelings, opinions, and intentions towards the subject matter.
- 8. The emotional atmosphere or tone created within a text.
- 10. The art of using language effectively and persuasively to communicate with and influence an audience.
- 11. Gives human qualities or actions to objects, animals, ideas, or other non-human entities.
- 14. Refers to the deliberate exaggeration of a truth or point for emphasis or dramatic effect.
- 15. A reference to another work, person, event, place, or thing in pop culture.
- 17. Extends/continues a previously established comparison for several lines, paragraphs, or pages.
Down
- 1. Refers to the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
- 2. The repetition of two or more letters or sounds at the beginning of words that are adjacent or closely connected to each other.
- 3. The level of formality within a text.
- 6. Being heavily in favor of (positive) OR heavily opposed to (negative) an idea or thing, usually in a way that is close-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.
- 7. Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unrelated things.
- 9. Refers to the choice and use of words that authors use in their writing. It involves selecting and arranging words deliberately to create specific effects.
- 12. Refers to the feeling or emotion associated with a word. Can be positive, negative, or neutral.
- 13. Refers to a contradiction or disconnect between what is expected and what happens.
- 16. Refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language to create mental pictures, sensations, or experiences in the minds of readers. Imagery often appeals to the five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.