Across
- 2. the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences
- 4. intended to make someone less angry or hostile
- 6. intentionally making a situation seem smaller
- 7. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement
- 8. a rhetorical device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer
- 10. two unlike things are explicitly compared using "like" or "as"
- 12. a contrast or opposition between two things
- 13. intended to arouse angry or hostile feelings
- 15. the literal, dictionary definition of a word
- 16. an appeal to logic or reason
- 17. when a word is substituted for another with which it is closely related
- 18. an appeal to emotion
Down
- 1. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- 3. to attribute human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas
- 4. order information is arranged according to time
- 5. evidence based on stories, personal narrative
- 9. the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect
- 11. an appeal to ethics (what is right or wrong) or credibility
- 14. attitude of the writer
- 15. a contrast between two things; difference; division