Rhetorical Devices and Tropes

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Deliberate omission of conjunctions between words or clauses (9)
• Play on multiple meanings of a word (3)
• Keen perception and apt expression (3)
• Art of persuasive speaking or writing (8)
• Discrepancy between expectation and reality (5)
• Ordinary written or spoken language without metrical structure (5)
• Distinctive manner of linguistic expression peculiar to an author (5)

Down

• Recurring thematic element or dominant idea in a work (5)
• Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses (8)
• Substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant (8)
• Non-literal departure from normal word usage to enhance effect (6)
• Author's attitude toward subject matter or audience (4)

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