Rhetorical Devices Set 1

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Across
  1. 2. Words that differ between what is said and what is meant.
  2. 3. Repetition of words or phrases in ascending order.
  3. 9. Apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true.
  4. 10. Repetition of an idea using similar words.
  5. 11. Figure of explanation or elaboration.
  6. 12. Direct comparison.
  7. 13. Repetition of initial word(s) at the end of the same clause or sentence.
  8. 14. Exaggeration for emphasis.
  9. 15. Repetition of words beginning with the same consonant sound.
  10. 16. Implied comparison.
  11. 17. Words that minimize the significance but surprise the audience when they realize the importance.
  12. 18. Endowing human qualities to non-human entities
  13. 19. Repetition at the beginning.
Down
  1. 1. Emphasis through a series of intentional conjunctions.
  2. 4. A question that doesn't require an answer.
  3. 5. Repetition of the last word of a sentence with the first word in the next.
  4. 6. Descriptive words to further characterize something.
  5. 7. Repetition of words that contain the same vowel sounds.
  6. 8. Repetition of words in reverse.
  7. 10. A part which stands for the whole.