Style Elements Vocab Quiz

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Across
  1. 4. figure of speech in the form of an inquiry posed for effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer
  2. 6. omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
  3. 7. sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action
  4. 9. repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence
  5. 10. sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence then builds and adds on
  6. 13. sentence used to command or enjoin
  7. 14. figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as
  8. 16. backwards order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)
  9. 17. placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
  10. 18. figure of speech that uses part to represent the whole
  11. 19. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Down
  1. 1. sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
  2. 2. paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another
  3. 3. brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art
  4. 5. attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea
  5. 6. old-fashioned or outdated choice of words
  6. 8. opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction
  7. 11. similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
  8. 12. use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings
  9. 15. repetition of words in reverse order (Mrs. Priddy can't pronounce it!)