Across
- 2. a terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle
- 3. the repetition of words/phrases at the beginning of successive clauses/verses
- 5. the repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect
- 7. a figure of speech in which a writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious
- 10. a succession of phrasesof approximately equal length and corresponding structure
- 11. a humorous play on words to suggest a different meaning
- 12. a figure of speech in which one word or phrases is substituted for another with which it is closely related
- 13. the attribution of human qualities/behaviors to an animal, object, or god
- 16. a part is used to represent the whole or the whole for a part
- 17. the repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause
- 19. a type of sentence in which the main idea is expressed at the end.
- 21. the repetition of a word/phrase at the end of several clauses
- 22. AKA deductive reasoning - a form of argument or reasoning, consisting of two premises and a conclusion
- 25. a deliberate omission of words but context clues reveals the meaning
- 26. the author's call to action
- 28. a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them
Down
- 1. a type of sentence that appears to follow the inner working of the mind by mimicking the rambling, associative syntax of thought
- 2. the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases
- 3. the direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction
- 4. a reference to a person, place, event, or idea
- 6. the attribution of characteristics unlike its own
- 8. specialized language of a professional, occupational, or other group, often meaningless to outsiders
- 9. the omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses
- 14. the repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
- 15. exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
- 18. inversion of normal syntactical structure of a sentence (Yoda Speak)
- 20. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct with only one
- 23. a figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
- 24. an expression that, while an or odd or incorrect use of the language, has a meaning that is still understood
- 27. a figure of speech in which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second