Across
- 1. main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases
- 4. opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other
- 7. pithy observation that contains a general truth
- 11. arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
- 13. specific to a country or region
- 17. complex sentence in which the main clause, or main point, occurs at the end of the sentence instead of the beginning
- 18. repeated in reverse order
- 22. self-contradictory statement or proposition
- 23. omitting inessential words; concise
- 24. presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
- 26. used by a particular group or profession
- 27. repetition of conjunctions in close succession to create rhythm
- 28. used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated
- 29. mentioning things one by one
- 30. formality
- 32. recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity
- 35. general character or attitude
- 37. visually descriptive or figurative language
- 39. fanciful expression
- 40. reverse order
- 41. short quotation
- 43. repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
- 44. two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
- 46. repetition of the initial part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence
Down
- 2. ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
- 3. inexactness
- 5. word or phrase applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
- 6. use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter,
- 7. indirect or passing reference
- 8. apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 9. type of question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer
- 10. repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words
- 12. exclamatory passage addressed to a person or thing
- 14. repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
- 15. overused, lack of original thought
- 16. repeated in transpose order
- 19. 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
- 20. used in ordinary or familiar conversation
- 21. comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
- 22. word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas
- 25. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 31. adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
- 33. untimely, historically inaccurate
- 34. invokes an additional meaning
- 36. alternating between languages
- 38. short, amusing story
- 42. omission or absence of conjunction between parts of a sentence
- 45. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses