Vocabulary Review 2025

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Across
  1. 2. A brief reference to a well-known person, event, or work of art
  2. 3. Which fallacy says, “You are in 101, so all 101 students must be smart and hard working….”
  3. 5. The way a text is built or organized (similar to Arrangement).
  4. 7. The way words and phrases are arranged to create sentences.
  5. 12. Explaining or informing about a complex idea.
  6. 13. A genre of rhetoric focused on future actions and policy
  7. 17. The person or group delivering the message; the voice heard in the text.
  8. 19. The main argument or point the writer is trying to prove.
  9. 20. What the speaker hopes to accomplish (e.g., to inform, persuade, entertain, critique).
  10. 21. The noun or pronoun that performs the action of a verb (who or what the sentence is about).
  11. 23. The conscious reuse of a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis.
  12. 24. Tearing down or proving wrong the opponent's counter-argument; often follows a concession.
  13. 27. Sally Sells Sea Shells By the Sea Shore is an example of…
  14. 29. A genre of rhetoric focused on past actions (e.g., a court case).
  15. 30. Words that imitate the sound they represent (e.g., buzz, hiss, crash).
  16. 32. A flaw or error in reasoning that makes an argument logically unsound.
  17. 34. Acknowledging that an opponent's point is valid or reasonable.
  18. 36. Using verbal irony to mock or convey contempt; saying the opposite of what you mean.
  19. 38. The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience (e.g., serious, sarcastic, playful).
  20. 40. Replacing a word with something closely associated with it (e.g., using "the White House" to mean the U.S. President).
  21. 42. Authority Which logical fallacy says, “Taylor Swift cooks with these pans, they must be good…”
  22. 43. The repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words.
  23. 44. A genre of rhetoric focused on present values (e.g., a eulogy or ceremonial speech).
Down
  1. 1. Reasoning that moves from specific examples to a general conclusion.
  2. 4. The organization and structure of a text (how the parts are ordered).
  3. 6. The sentence(s) that states the main argument of an essay or speech.
  4. 8. to pity Which fallacy is, “please bring my grade up, I worked so hard!”
  5. 9. The unique personality or persona projected by the writer or speaker.
  6. 10. A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
  7. 11. Analyzing similarities and differences between two or more things.
  8. 14. Using a detailed example or story to help clarify a point.
  9. 15. Hominem Attacking the person making the argument instead of the argument itself.
  10. 16. A form of language specific to a region or social group, including distinct vocab and pronunciation.
  11. 18. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.
  12. 22. The most important figure of speech ever! Extreme exaggeration for emphasis.
  13. 25. The repetition of vowel sounds within words (e.g., "hear the mellow wedding bells").
  14. 26. The writer's choice of words (e.g., formal, informal, technical).
  15. 28. Visually descriptive or sensory language (appeals to sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
  16. 31. A statement that seems self-contradictory but contains a deeper truth.
  17. 33. The time, place, and surrounding circumstances that influence the creation of the text.
  18. 35. The urgent problem or need that prompts the speaker to write or speak in the first place.
  19. 37. A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
  20. 39. Two contradictory terms used together for effect (e.g., jumbo shrimp, deafening silence).
  21. 41. A brief statement of the main points of a text.