Across
- 1. the art of persuasive language
- 3. comparison using “like” or “as”
- 5. a statement that contradicts itself but reveals truth
- 6. story with symbolic meaning
- 8. writing that creates sensory imagery
- 10. facts or examples supporting a claim
- 12. structure, repeating the same grammatical pattern
- 15. triangle, relationship between speaker, audience, and message
- 17. focus on minor details or narrow knowledge
- 18. the author's attitude toward the subject
- 19. repetition at the start of sentences or clauses
- 21. contrasting ideas placed in parallel form
- 22. reversed grammatical structure (A-B, B-A)
- 26. analogy, comparing things that aren’t actually similar
- 27. writing, writing that explains ideas clearly
- 28. appeal to credibility or authority
- 30. repetition of beginning consonant sounds
- 31. reasoning, forming a general idea from specific examples
- 32. meaning opposite from the literal meaning
- 34. something that represents a deeper meaning
- 35. reasoning, proving a claim with a restatement of the claim
- 36. two opposite terms joined together
- 37. appeal to emotion
Down
- 2. informal, everyday speech
- 4. deductive logic using two premises and a conclusion
- 7. descriptive phrase highlighting a trait
- 9. reasoning, applying a general rule to reach a specific conclusion
- 10. writing that explains or informs
- 11. writing that tells a story
- 13. giving human traits to nonhuman things
- 14. flawed reasoning or logic
- 16. populum, appealing to popular opinion rather than evidence
- 17. repeated use of conjunctions
- 20. intentional exaggeration
- 23. direct comparison without using “like” or “as”
- 24. repetition of the same root word
- 25. repetition of vowel sounds
- 29. arrangement of words in sentences
- 33. appeal to logic or reasoning
- 38. hominem, attacking the person instead of the argument