Across
- 2. To guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain
- 4. Identify the persuasive technique: But she felt it, creeping out of the sky , reaching toward her through the sounds , the scents, the colour that filled the air.
- 6. A figurative technique that directly compares two things. It differs from metaphors by highlighting the similarities between two things using comparison words such as "like", "as".
- 8. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when _________ of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of ‘killed’.
- 11. An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
- 12. A figurative technique that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings. E.g. loving hate
- 13. A narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
- 16. Something to float or slide across something smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly.
- 17. In After the Funeral, there is no evidence to prove that Richard Abernethie was killed. Therefore his death was ruled as ______.
- 19. To cause someone to feel annoyance or trouble
- 20. To gradually increase in number or amount.
- 22. A feeling of anger and shock
Down
- 1. It is a very simple word with various meanings. It can mean to express something in words. E.g. We're going to have to work very hard, but as Chris so succinctly _______ it, there's no gain without pain.
- 3. Raise or lift (something) to a higher position; to make someone or something more important
- 5. Likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger
- 7. Someone or something that takes all the blame or criticism in a situation, although other people or things are responsible too (a phrase)
- 9. A group of ships, or all of the ships in a country's navy.
- 10. At the funeral, Cora made a ______ saying that her brother Richard was killed.
- 11. It is universally acknowledged that a single man in ________ of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
- 14. In The Story of an Hour, Mrs. Mallard comes to the __________ that, although she sometimes loved her husband, that she is free and happier without him. She looks forward to her future, rather than dreading it as she had before.
- 15. To be forced to do something or feel that you must do something. E.g. Doctors are legally obliged to take certain precautions.
- 18. Helen Abernethie had an ________ feeling as if something was wrong. She could not figure it out. Perhaps it was an expression on someone’s face?
- 21. Very large, powerful, or important: