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Down: 2) an indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place or literary work with out an explination, relying on the reader's familiarity with the subject3) a rhetorical figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person or an inanimate object5) omitting conecting words like conjunctions6) a cowardly but boastful man, a stock character, empty boasting braggart7) a rhetorical device in which a speaker breaks off in the middle of a sentence, usually indicating strong emotion that makes the speaker unable or unwilling to continue9) a figure of speech that makes a pun by repeating the same word or two words sounding alike, but with differing senses11) a story or vision image with a second partially hidden meaning17) greek word for recognition or discovery used by aristotle in his poetics, the turnin point in a drama where a character, usually the protagonist, recognizes the true state of affairs when he has previously been wrong or ignorant of the situation20) a figure of speech where a word is used in direct opposition to its usual meaning Across: 1) a rhetorical repetition where the same word is repeated usually at the beginning of a successive line4) extravagant diction or wording that is inappropriate for the subject-exaggeration7) the repetition of same sounds usually initial consonants or stressed syllables8) an abrupt lapse from growing intensity to trivial things, seems ridiculous or ludicrous, disappoints, doesn't meet expectations10) words that serve as a contrast or opposition of ideas usually by a balance of clauses12) a symbol, theme, setting, character-type that recurs in different times and places in literature suggesting that it is representative of human experiences13) illustration of an idea by using a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel14) a figure of speech that emphasizes the inexpressibility of a thing, idea, or feeling by stating that words cannot express it15) lavishlly ornate style as in art or writing16) a kind of drama in which disturbing or sinister subjects like death, or disease or war are treated with bitter amusement to offend or shock18) a figure of speech in which a speaker deliberates or appears to be in doubt about a question19) a statement which highlights a general principle by condensing wisdom into a few words21) misplacing a person, thing, event, or custom outside its appropriate historical time22) a repetition in which a word or phrase appears both at the end of one clause, sentence, or stanza and at the beginning of the next, linking the two23) repetition of a vowel sound24) the nature of and perception of beauty especially in the arts, artistic taste
 

 

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