Across
- 3. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 4. A word applies to two others in different senses
- 6. The fact of two things being seen or placed together with contrasting effect
- 9. Visually descriptive, applies to senses
- 12. Combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another
- 14. Comparison between two or more things, for the purpose of a explanation or clarification.
- 15. Slang words, words used in a familiar conversation
- 16. An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
- 17. The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
- 20. A part is made to represent a whole or a whole is made to represent a part
- 22. Words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or modified form
- 24. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
- 27. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- 29. The presentation of something being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
- 32. Calls something to mind without actually explaining it. They expect you to know what it is.
- 34. Language The use of words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
- 35. An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person or thing
- 36. A pithy observation that contains a general truth such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Down
- 1. The act of repeating something that has already been said or written
- 2. Appeals Ethos:credibility Pathos:emotions Logos:logic, lists
- 5. Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 7. The general character or attitude How the author feels about the subject/topic
- 8. The attribution of a human characteristic to something nonhuman
- 10. Sentence Withholds its main idea until the end.
- 11. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named
- 13. recurrence of similar sounds in close proximity
- 18. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize stupidity or vices.
- 19. The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. It is used at the end of a sentence then the beginning of the next sentence
- 21. The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
- 23. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning or adjacent or closely connected words
- 25. Quotation Directly quoting another person/authors words
- 26. The expression of ones meaning by saying the opposite, creating a numerous or empathetic effect
- 28. Correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meaning, etc.
- 30. Arrangement of words or phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. "Strong you are, Luke." -Yoda
- 31. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
- 33. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.