Using Language Well

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Across
  1. 1. Phrases or expressions that, because of overuse, have lost their rhetorical power.
  2. 7. Powerless phrases such as "I thought we should," "I sort of think," or "Maybe we should" that communicate uncertainty.
  3. 8. Rhetorical strategy that uses contrasting statements in order to make a rhetorical point
  4. 12. Language that assumes the heterosexual orientation of a person or group of people.
Down
  1. 2. The means by which we communicate--a system of symbols we use to form messages.
  2. 3. Language that unnecessarily identifies gender or linguistically erases females through the use of man-linked terms and/or the use of "he" or "man" as generics.
  3. 4. Attempts to reproduce what is in our minds in the minds of our audience.
  4. 5. The repetition of the initial sounds of words.
  5. 6. Comparisons made by speaking of one thing in terms of another.
  6. 9. Comparisons made by speaking of one thing in terms of another using the word "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
  7. 10. The use of moderate exaggeration for effect.
  8. 11. Type of language that most people understand but that is not considered acceptable in formal or polite conversation.