Crossword puzzle : Persuasion and rhetoric in Spanish

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Persuasion and rhetoric in Spanish [C1] — VocaVerb

Put your advanced Spanish to the test with this crossword focused on the art of persuasion and rhetoric. From argumentation techniques to key vocabulary used in debates, speeches, and written discourse, this puzzle challenges your command of sophisticated language. Can you master the words that move, convince, and inspire?

Grid

Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.

Clues

Across

  1. 1. To draw attention or interest
  2. 5. Always, at all times without exception
  3. 10. To rest
  4. 11. Act of convincing someone to believe
  5. 14. About, concerning
  6. 15. Reasoning used to support a claim
  7. 16. I want or I love
  8. 17. To alter or transform something
  9. 18. Formal speech to an audience

Down

  1. 2. Past participle of traer, meaning 'brought'
  2. 3. Fast, quick
  3. 4. To close
  4. 6. To write words or a text
  5. 7. To persuade someone of something
  6. 8. Plan designed to achieve a goal
  7. 9. Turn or return in expressions
  8. 12. A goal or aim to be achieved
  9. 13. Recently, just

Answers

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Across

  • 1. To draw attention or interest → atraer
  • 5. Always, at all times without exception → siempre
  • 10. To rest → descansar
  • 11. Act of convincing someone to believe → persuasion
  • 14. About, concerning → acerca
  • 15. Reasoning used to support a claim → argumento
  • 16. I want or I love → quiero
  • 17. To alter or transform something → cambiar
  • 18. Formal speech to an audience → discurso

Down

  • 2. Past participle of traer, meaning 'brought' → traido
  • 3. Fast, quick → rapido
  • 4. To close → cerrar
  • 6. To write words or a text → escribir
  • 7. To persuade someone of something → convencer
  • 8. Plan designed to achieve a goal → estrategia
  • 9. Turn or return in expressions → vuelta
  • 12. A goal or aim to be achieved → objetivo
  • 13. Recently, just → recien

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