Crossword puzzle : Stylistic effects in English

Think you’ve mastered the finer points of the English language? This crossword will put your knowledge of stylistic devices to the test, from the subtlest figures of speech to the most striking rhetorical techniques. Whether it’s alliteration, synecdoche or chiasmus, sharpen your pencil and rise to the challenge!

Horizontalement

1. 1. Repetition of vowel sounds in words
2. 8. Not fitting tightly
3. 10. Amount charged for a product
4. 11. Central idea of a literary work
5. 12. Words that imitate sounds
6. 15. Pattern of stressed syllables
7. 16. One word governs two unlike things
8. 17. Part represents the whole

Verticalement

1. 0. word meaning for this reason
2. 2. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
3. 3. Contrasting ideas in parallel structure
4. 4. In a lower position
5. 5. from which place or source
6. 6. Repeated use of conjunctions
7. 7. Repetition at the end of clauses
8. 9. Mild word replacing a harsh one
9. 13. Appeal to credibility or ethics
10. 14. Without pattern or design