Across
- 5. a concept is referred to by the name of something associated with that thing or concept
- 6. to appeal to an audience's reason with the support of facts
- 10. a brief reference to a famous person or event–often from literature, history, Greek mythology, etc
- 13. the repetition of the first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series
- 14. a mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
- 15. the direct opposite of something or the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
- 16. repetition at the end of a line
- 20. a statement that says less than it means; often used for comedic effect
- 22. words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order
- 23. rhetorical or written technique that appeals to an audience or reader's ethics
Down
- 1. a type of metaphor in which non-human objects or ideas are given human qualities
- 2. putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising
- 3. the deliberate omission or absence of words like “and,” “but,” and “or” from a series of clauses
- 4. the combination of two words of opposite meaning for dramatic effect
- 7. a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action
- 8. comparison of two unlike objects without using “like” or “as”
- 9. rhetorical appeal to an audience's emotions
- 11. figure of speech using a part to represent the whole
- 12. several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form
- 17. an obvious, intended exaggeration
- 18. repetition at the beginning of a line
- 19. a literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways
- 21. comparison of two unlike objects using “like” or “as”