The Great Gatsby Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Give a false appearance of
  2. 6. A question that is asked for effect or one for which the answer is obvious and no answer is expected
  3. 7. A rhetorical technique/appeal that focuses on connecting to the audience’s senses or personal emotions
  4. 9. The context of an argument—the subject, speaker, audience, & purpose
  5. 10. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  6. 13. A rhetorical technique/appeal that focuses on ethics, or the character/ qualifications of the speaker
  7. 14. position statement (thesis) that asserts an idea and makes an argument for a specific position
  8. 18. in a softened tone
  9. 19. showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief
  10. 20. informed about something secret or not generally known
Down
  1. 1. A reference made in a piece of writing to a well-known person, event, or place from history or literature
  2. 2. calling for immediate attention or action
  3. 4. A feeling of joy or pride
  4. 5. Marked by self-restraint; tending not to speak frequently
  5. 7. tending to sway an audience one way or another in argument
  6. 8. The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence—how a sentence is constructed
  7. 11. the art of using words to persuade or make an argument in writing or speaking
  8. 12. Willingness to respect the beliefs or practices of others
  9. 15. A rhetorical technique/appeal that uses factual evidence and logic to appeal to the audience’s sense of reason
  10. 16. A position taken by someone with an opposing viewpoint—a necessary element in an argumentative essay
  11. 17. showing reason, logic, & understanding, especially in argument