Quarantine Crossword

4. Word choice; especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
8. A claim made to rebut a previous claim
9. To put forward one’s opinion, evaluation or suggestion; to point out weaknesses in the conceded premise, evidence, or point of view; to deny false implications or assumptions.
12. 20 seconds is the perfect amount to____ your hands
13. Ordinary language; the vernacularsyntax: The way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses
14. The controversy, event, etc. about which an argument is being made
17. The person/people to whom an appeal is made in an argument
18. We are stuck in our houses due to
19. What has four chairs and a back but can’t walk
20. Buy it to eat, but you don’t eat it
21. A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words a speaker or writer uses

1. a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
2. The way in which information is organized within a piece or writing or argumentation; also on the use of punctuation and other visual devices.
3. What gets wetter as it dries
5. Pointing out the similarities between two things or ideas which often don’t appear to be similar at first glance; in rhetoric this often takes the form of a metaphor, simile, or analogy.
6. what can you break without touching
7. Two things or ideas being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect; in rhetoric this often takes the form of antithesis.
10. An inclination of temperament or outlook; a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment
11. What is a fish with no eyes
15. 11th grade won this
16. The person delivering a message or argument; when considering a speaker one should consider the credibility of the said individual in relationship to his/her audience and topic
18. The rhetorical art of seizing the occasion; it covers timing and the appropriate medium; in ancient Greece, this was referred to as kairos