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Put your knowledge of English discourse to the test! This crossword explores the key structures and devices that organize written and spoken communication, from cohesive markers to rhetorical patterns. Whether you’re analyzing academic texts or everyday conversation, mastering these concepts is essential at an advanced level. Fill in the grid and sharpen your linguistic toolkit!
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 2. logical consistency in discourse
- 4. In a lower position
- 6. unit of organized written text
- 8. to present a topic at the start
- 9. Full of light, opposite of dark
- 11. linking word connecting ideas
- 12. rewording of a text or idea
- 16. word showing limit of time
- 17. group of words used together
- 18. Not clean, opposite of pure
- 19. To go away from
Down
- 1. brevity and clarity in writing
- 3. explanatory type of writing
- 5. All members of a group
- 7. organized framework of a text
- 10. To remove dirt
- 12. single idea in an argument
- 13. Has not in short form
- 14. word introducing reason or time
- 15. Excessive speed in doing something
Answers
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Across
- 2. logical consistency in discourse → coherence
- 4. In a lower position → below
- 6. unit of organized written text → paragraph
- 8. to present a topic at the start → introduce
- 9. Full of light, opposite of dark → bright
- 11. linking word connecting ideas → transition
- 12. rewording of a text or idea → paraphrase
- 16. word showing limit of time → until
- 17. group of words used together → chunk
- 18. Not clean, opposite of pure → dirty
- 19. To go away from → leave
Down
- 1. brevity and clarity in writing → concision
- 3. explanatory type of writing → exposition
- 5. All members of a group → every
- 7. organized framework of a text → structure
- 10. To remove dirt → clean
- 12. single idea in an argument → point
- 13. Has not in short form → hasnt
- 14. word introducing reason or time → since
- 15. Excessive speed in doing something → haste
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