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Put your French argumentation skills to the test! This crossword focuses on sophisticated connectors, rhetorical expressions, and discourse markers used in advanced French debate and essay writing. From concession to opposition, emphasis to nuance, these are the essential tools that will elevate your written and spoken arguments to a true C1 level.
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Clues
Across
- 1. To be able
- 7. To be necessary
- 9. Art of debating opposing ideas
- 11. Not long ago, recently
Down
- 1. Sometimes
- 2. Art of persuasive speaking
- 3. Logical thinking process
- 4. Logical proof of a statement
- 5. Statement opposing another claim
- 6. Process of building an argument
- 8. Conclusion drawn from premises
- 10. To take
Answers
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Across
- 1. To be able → pouvoir
- 7. To be necessary → falloir
- 9. Art of debating opposing ideas → dialectique
- 11. Not long ago, recently → naguere
Down
- 1. Sometimes → parfois
- 2. Art of persuasive speaking → rhetorique
- 3. Logical thinking process → raisonnement
- 4. Logical proof of a statement → demonstration
- 5. Statement opposing another claim → contradiction
- 6. Process of building an argument → argumentation
- 8. Conclusion drawn from premises → deduction
- 10. To take → prendre
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