Across
- 3. Definition: The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
- 6. Definition: A logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they're going to end with.
- 10. Definition: A figure of speech where two or a group of words contradict each other
- 11. Definition: highly critical and insulting speech
- 13. Definition: A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
- 14. Ex: "howdy" vs "hello"
- 17. Example: She's going through a rollercoaster of emotions right now.
- 20. Synonyms: Inscription, etching, engraving, elegy, commemoration
- 21. Definition: A manner of speaking in an ordinary or familiar way/tone; informal speech.
- 25. Example: Aesop's collection of fables
- 27. Example: Hypertension - Medical: High Blood Pressure
- 28. Definition : a point yielded to an opposing perspective during an argument or acknowledging defeat
- 29. Synonyms: Exaggeration, Overstatement
- 30. Example: The grass is greener on the other side
- 32. Definition: Words that describe the qualities / states or quantity of nouns
- 36. Example: "Boom!" or "Pow!"
- 38. Synonyms: Subjection, Submission, Inferiority
Down
- 1. Definition: Is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
- 2. Definition : the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.
- 4. Definition: A contrast between two things that are the opposite of each other or oppose each other.
- 5. word choice
- 7. Definition: a sentence containing a series of words or clauses in close succession, linked without the use of conjunctions (replaces conjunctions with commas)
- 8. Definition: written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical (or rhyming) structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- 9. Definition: the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
- 12. Definition: Language designated to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content
- 15. Definition: An argument based on ignorance - asserts that a proposition is because because it has not been proven false
- 16. Definition: A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
- 18. Definition: A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
- 19. Definition: a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form
- 22. Synonyms - Reminiscence, Recollection, Memory
- 23. Synonyms: instructive, informative, educational
- 24. Definition: the implied meaning behind something
- 26. Definition: Figure of speech in which a word is used in two different senses
- 30. Definition: a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clause, creating emphasis
- 31. Definition: Refers to when a conclusion is drawn from two prepositions that have something in common.
- 33. Definition: A metaphor that extends over a course of multiple lines.
- 34. Definition : Self contradictory statement that results in circular reasoning
- 35. Ex: You have to be tough as nails to win.
- 37. Definition: Formal writing, speech, or literature that praises someone or something