Across
- 5. a distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, and short story
- 9. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
- 10. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
- 12. It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven as false.
- 13. describe the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences
- 15. balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.
- 18. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
- 19. a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other
- 24. A figure of speech and form of verbal irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect.
- 25. (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
- 26. a speech or writing in praise of a person or persons, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.
- 28. figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
- 30. a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
- 31. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
- 34. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- 35. state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
- 36. the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
- 37. an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
- 39. are “controversial” because not everyone agrees with them, so they cannot be effective without evidence.
- 40. proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or a true but seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that goes against itself.
- 41. figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
- 42. repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants (as in stony and holy) used as an alternative to rhyme in verse.
Down
- 1. identifying one idea as less important than another.
- 2. a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
- 3. is a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object
- 4. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- 6. A short poem intended for (or imagined as) an inscription on a tombstone and often serving as a brief elegy.
- 7. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 8. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 11. common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument.
- 14. the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.
- 16. encompasses the use of literal or figurative language to add symbolism and enable the reader to imagine the world of the piece of literature
- 17. mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
- 20. a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion
- 21. 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. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
- 23. special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
- 25. A statement that is made to create or prove an argument.
- 27. the act of bringing forward or adducing something
- 29. a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic. It uses figurative language to refer to a situation without having to confront it.
- 32. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
- 33. the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
- 38. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.