Rhetorical Devices Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The act of convincing someone to believe or do something.
  2. 5. A contrast of ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.
  3. 6. An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
  4. 10. The repetition of similar grammatical structures.
  5. 15. A question asked for effect, not meant to be answered.
  6. 16. An appeal to emotions.
  7. 20. Presenting something as less significant than it is.
Down
  1. 1. The omission of conjunctions between clauses.
  2. 2. The intended group of readers or listeners.
  3. 4. The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
  4. 7. The use of multiple conjunctions between clauses.
  5. 8. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
  6. 9. The author’s choice of words.
  7. 11. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or text.
  8. 12. A contrast between expectations and reality.
  9. 13. An appeal to logic and reason.
  10. 14. The reason an author writes a text (e.g., inform, persuade, entertain).
  11. 17. The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
  12. 18. A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'
  13. 19. An appeal to credibility or character.