Across
- 2. implying or suggesting a meaning that is additional to what is explicit
- 6. a phenomenon in which a person’s emotions and behaviors directly trigger similar emotions and behaviors in another person
- 9. a technique of selecting specific words for precise meaning or to generate an emotional response
- 10. to have an effect on someone or something
- 12. a state involving beliefs and feelings that causes a person to think or act in a certain way
- 13. having qualities like glassware that is very clear and that suggests elegance
- 16. brief; lasting only a short time
- 17. words that are used in certain fields of knowledge, such as astronomy or computer science
Down
- 1. a wide, flat place between sections of stairs in a staircase
- 3. the author’s, speaker’s, or narrator’s attitude toward a subject, evident through diction and other style elements
- 4. relating to a specific situation
- 5. influence or guidance that an experienced or knowledgeable person gives to someone who has less experience or knowledge
- 7. to determine something not stated directly by using reasoning and evidence from the text
- 8. a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description
- 11. expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
- 14. what is meant by a word; the general message of a text or idea
- 15. a small, thin, sharp bit of wood that has broken off from a larger board