Across
- 3. An exaggeration or the representation of something as greater than is actually the case and is used to grab the attention of the audience and emphasize certain points
- 5. When a speaker/writer addresses an opposing view or speaker and attacks their argument or character
- 7. The establishment of authority and reliability and is used to gain the confidence and
- 8. Statements which are voiced as questions but are not expected to be answered; they are used to imply certain answers and draw audiences to certain conclusions
- 12. The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- 17. A comparison using 'like', 'as', or 'than'
- 19. The inference that a claim is true for most people or a majority and is used to speak to prevailing beliefs or prejudices of an audience
- 20. Feelings accentuated by experiencing love, hate, fear etc An appeal to emotion is used to engage with an audience and create an emotional response
- 22. The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes and is used to create certain emotional responses in an audience
- 25. Using a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
- 26. A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and represents something beyond itself
- 27. Short personal stories used to connect with the audience and add evidence or credibility to an argument
- 28. Characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities, and they have a literal meaning and a symbolic or allegorical meaning
- 29. Descriptive words used to add emphasis and to create an emotional response
- 30. The reoccurrence of certain words or phrases and it is used to emphasize certain ideas, and make them more memorable
- 32. Skipping one or more conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) which are usually used in a series of phrases
Down
- 1. Giving human traits to nonhuman or inanimate objects
- 2. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in order to emphasize certain words and make them more memorable
- 4. The facts or information that indicate whether a view is true or valid and is used to give weight to an argument or belief
- 6. The power of the mind to think and form judgments logically; it is used to appeal to the rationality of an audience
- 9. A figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike, along with illustrating a larger point due to their commonalities
- 10. When a certain phrase or word is repeated at the end of sentences or clauses that follow each other
- 11. of Three When groups of adjectives or phrases are used to make ideas memorable
- 13. Words that take the place of nouns and are used to create a sense of unity with an audience or distance from a common enemy
- 14. When an idea is presented as fact without full explanation or evidence; it is used to assert authority and make claims sound factual
- 15. Special words or expressions used by a profession or certain group; it is used to signal expertise and establish credibility
- 16. A comparison without using 'like' or 'as' where one thing becomes another
- 18. The presentation of only one side of an issue or viewpoint and is used to subjectively influence an audience
- 21. The use of sensory details to evoke a picture in words
- 23. When something takes place that is different or the opposite of what is expected to happen
- 24. Words charged with an underlying meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience
- 28. A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
- 31. of the audience