The Vocabulary of Writing

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Across
  1. 8. a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
  2. 9. A comparison between two dissimilar things that uses the word “like” or “as” in the comparison.
  3. 10. the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association
  4. 11. a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering
  5. 12. the body of words used in a particular language
  6. 13. relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.
  7. 14. a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject
  8. 15. A comparison between two unlike things that implies that one thing is something else, without using the word “like” or “as”.
  9. 16. a spoken or written account of connected events; a story
Down
  1. 1. a formal presentation of one person to another, in which each is told the other's name
  2. 2. the quality of being amusing or comic
  3. 3. according to the rules, capable of clear, sound reasoning
  4. 4. the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words — the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language
  5. 5. a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
  6. 6. the end or finish of an event or process
  7. 7. estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between
  8. 11. cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument