Across
- 3. lacking liveliness, dull, empty (ex: The desert was vapid)
- 5. a persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narrator (shows credibility)
- 6. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines (ex: "So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire" from MLK Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech
- 7. calm, peaceful (ex: The library before school is very tranquil)
- 8. a visual sign (ex: The railroad's semaphore shows when the train is coming)
- 10. fanciful; playful (ex: The Van Gogh painting looked whimsical)
- 12. repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses (ex: "Man proposes, God disposes")
- 13. wild, savage (ex: The cat in the woods is feral)
- 15. the means of persuasion that appeals to the audience's emotions (appeal to emotion)
Down
- 1. to belittle, to degrade or devalue (ex: The bully deprecated his peer)
- 2. very thing, sickly looking (ex: The man hadn't eaten in days and his body was emaciated)
- 4. the act of crowning (ex: The new king just had his coronation)
- 9. the reason or logic, evidence (appeal to logic)
- 11. quick, nimble (ex: The athlete was very agile)
- 14. extreme or excessive praise (ex: Though the book was pretty good, Mary didn't believe it deserved the adulation it received)