Rhetorical Appeals and Devices

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Across
  1. 5. a concept is referred to by the name of something associated with that thing or concept
  2. 6. to appeal to an audience's reason with the support of facts
  3. 10. a brief reference to a famous person or event–often from literature, history, Greek mythology, etc
  4. 13. the repetition of the first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series
  5. 14. a mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
  6. 15. the direct opposite of something or the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
  7. 16. repetition at the end of a line
  8. 20. a statement that says less than it means; often used for comedic effect
  9. 22. words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order
  10. 23. rhetorical or written technique that appeals to an audience or reader's ethics
Down
  1. 1. a type of metaphor in which non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities
  2. 2. putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising
  3. 3. the deliberate omission or absence of words like “and,” “but,” and “or” from a series of clauses
  4. 4. the combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic effect
  5. 7. a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action
  6. 8. comparison of two unlike objects without using “like” or “as”
  7. 9. rhetorical appeal to an audience's emotions
  8. 11. figure of speech using a part to represent the whole
  9. 12. several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form
  10. 17. an obvious, intended exaggeration
  11. 18. repetition at the beginning of a line
  12. 19. a literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways
  13. 21. comparison of two unlike objects using “like” or “as”