Across
- 3. Humorous imitation of a serious style
- 9. Informal words used by specific groups
- 10. Indirect reference to a famous person or event
- 11. Mild expression replacing a harsh one
- 13. Related to language style and expression
- 14. Specialized vocabulary of a profession
- 15. Language creating mental pictures
Down
- 1. Feeling created in the reader
- 2. Deliberate exaggeration for effect
- 4. Expression with more than one meaning
- 5. Regional variety of a language
- 6. Writer’s attitude toward the subject
- 7. Combination of contradictory words
- 8. Making someone look foolish through language
- 12. Play on words with different meanings