Crossword : Stylistic effects in Spanish

Put your advanced Spanish to the test with this challenging crossword on stylistic effects and rhetorical figures. From anáfora to zeugma, can you identify the literary devices that give the Spanish language its expressive power? This puzzle is designed for C2-level learners ready to explore the sophisticated mechanisms behind great Spanish writing.

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

Clues

Across

2. Always, at all times without exception
7. To sleep
9. Reversal of words in a sentence
11. To know a person or place
12. Combination of contradictory terms
13. someone, indefinite person pronoun

Down

1. After, indicating a later time
3. Repetition of conjunctions for emphasis
4. Parallel grammatical structure in phrases
5. Repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase
6. Part used to represent the whole
8. Inverted parallelism of two phrases
10. Imperfect subjunctive of haber

Answers

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Across

2. Always, at all times without exception → siempre
7. To sleep → dormir
9. Reversal of words in a sentence → retruecano
11. To know a person or place → conocer
12. Combination of contradictory terms → oxiomron
13. someone, indefinite person pronoun → alguien

Down

1. After, indicating a later time → despues
3. Repetition of conjunctions for emphasis → polisindeton
4. Parallel grammatical structure in phrases → paralelismo
5. Repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase → aliteracion
6. Part used to represent the whole → sinecdoque
8. Inverted parallelism of two phrases → quiasmo
10. Imperfect subjunctive of haber → hubiera

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