Rhetorical Strategies Crossword Puzzle

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PARODY : A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
PEDANTIC : An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.
ANAPHORA : One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
SYNECDOCHE : a type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole
UNDERSTATEMENT : presents something as less significant than it is.
ENUMERATIO : Figure of amplific ation in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of causes, effects, problems, solutions, conditions, and consequences
EUPH EMISM : a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
ANTECEDENT : The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
UNDERTONE : An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece
SYLLOGISM : a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.
LITOTES : a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.
SATIRE : A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
PARADOX : A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.
POLYSYNDETON : Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses
DIACOPE : repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase
APOSTROPHE : A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
METONYMY : a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
ASYNDETON : consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
CHIASMUS : a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.
INVECTIVE : an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using srong, abusive language.

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parody : a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
pedantic : an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.
anaphora : one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
synecdoche : a type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole
understatement : presents something as less significant than it is.
enumeratio : figure of amplific ation in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of causes, effects, problems, solutions, conditions, and consequences
euph emism : a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
antecedent : the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
undertone : an attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece
syllogism : a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.
litotes : a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.
satire : a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
paradox : a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.
polysyndeton : figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses
diacope : repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase
apostrophe : a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
metonymy : a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
asyndeton : consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
chiasmus : a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.
invective : an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using srong, abusive language.