Crossword puzzle : Grammatical figures of style in French

Put your mastery of French rhetoric to the ultimate test! This crossword challenges you to identify and name the most sophisticated grammatical figures of style — from zeugma to hypallage, anacoluthe to polyptote. Designed for C2-level learners, it explores the subtle stylistic devices that define elegant, literary French expression. How many can you uncover?

Horizontalement

1. 2. play on words with similar sounds
2. 6. sentence left deliberately unfinished
3. 9. To enter
4. 13. To find
5. 14. Often
6. 14. often or frequently
7. 15. To be able
8. 15. To be able to

Verticalement

1. 1. group of words forming a sentence
2. 3. direct address to person or thing
3. 4. repetition of words at sentence end
4. 5. excessive use of conjunctions
5. 7. roundabout expression replacing a word
6. 8. part used to represent the whole
7. 10. Sometimes
8. 10. sometimes or occasionally
9. 11. Each, every
10. 12. To call