Rhetorical Devices & Appeals

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Across
  1. 4. satirical use of a word or phrase opposite to its meaning
  2. 9. substitution one word for another while keeping the meaning intact
  3. 10. author addressing something that cannot respond
  4. 12. two contrasting ideas put close together for comparison
  5. 14. giving an inanimate object or concept human traits
  6. 16. a biblical, mythological, literary, or historical reference
  7. 17. comparing things with like or as
  8. 18. appeal to emotion
  9. 19. ex: she sells seashells by the sea shore
  10. 21. appeal to logic
  11. 22. appeal to expertise
Down
  1. 1. describing senses with words belonging to another sense
  2. 2. short truth or principle
  3. 3. personal or bibliographical short story
  4. 5. affirming something by stating the opposite
  5. 6. contrasting words, phrases, or ideas
  6. 7. deliberate exaggeration
  7. 8. using similarly structured sentences or phrases together
  8. 11. repetition of a consonant sound in a phrase
  9. 13. comparing things without like or as
  10. 15. a question not meant to be answered
  11. 16. comparison of familiar to unfamiliar
  12. 20. repetition of a vowel sound in a phrase