Crossword : Stylistic inversions in Spanish

Put your advanced Spanish to the test with this challenging crossword focused on stylistic inversions: a sophisticated rhetorical device where the standard word order is deliberately reversed for emphasis or poetic effect. From literary texts to formal discourse, mastering these structures is a hallmark of true C2 proficiency. Can you crack every clue?

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Clues

Across

2. Complement or object in grammar
4. After, indicating a later time
7. Study of style in language
10. Placing element before its norm
11. Element used for emphasis
12. Coordination of clauses without links
13. Separation of related elements

Down

1. To think or reflect on something
3. Moving topic to front of sentence
5. To rest
6. Displacement of sentence element
8. Then, temporal connector
9. Always, at all times without exception

Answers

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Across

2. Complement or object in grammar → complemento
4. After, indicating a later time → despues
7. Study of style in language → estilistica
10. Placing element before its norm → anteposicion
11. Element used for emphasis → enfatizador
12. Coordination of clauses without links → parataxis
13. Separation of related elements → disyuncion

Down

1. To think or reflect on something → pensar
3. Moving topic to front of sentence → topicalizacion
5. To rest → descansar
6. Displacement of sentence element → dislocacion
8. Then, temporal connector → entonces
9. Always, at all times without exception → siempre

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