Public Speaking

ALLITERATION
ANTITHESIS
CLICHE
CONNOTATION
DENOTATION
INVERSION
JARGON
METAPHOR
OMISSION
PARALLELISM
PERSONIFICATION
REGIONALISM
REPETITION
SIMILE
SUSPENSION
THESAURUS

Chapter 12 Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style

Try to find all 16 words on this board.

B W E E S R X O R Q L N C G U I C W I B
X R R O Y S P Y P I M G Q E O B Z Z W L
I Z O W J J A N X V Q U W Q Q S S O Q G
R M H W T K R O Y N O U O L S C O P J J
Z E P F H K A I N O I T A T O N E D I B
W X A S Y Q L T T I W X H A P R V D E W
Y S T I J O L A U S U J R E S I M I L E
P L E V Q J E R E R D D R O S R N O O L
V P M R V A L E H E R Z N T Z A I R Z S
F X S W Z M I T C V E I C N Y S U H Z I
Z B I U L W S I I N F D D S U D F R B P
Y D L H S G M L L I A Z Y D B M N I U T
X S A A J P J L C O N N O T A T I O N S
Y K N G S T E A N T I T H E S I S O U L
T P O G S F T N R D Y S U A H G B X Q E
H L I N N I M S S G N T E S I X T V A I
N M G U O M I S S I O N J X C D X K K X
E G E N Q L G X Z X O N U S M A H K O Y
X L R E P E T I T I O N W J G F G I W X
W G H P F D K Q Y J S V S G S R T Z H Y
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Answer Key for Public Speaking

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Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  814n
ANTITHESIS  814e
CLICHE  913n
CONNOTATION  913e
DENOTATION  175w
INVERSION  1012n
JARGON  814se
METAPHOR  39n
OMISSION  517e
PARALLELISM  72s
PERSONIFICATION  1111sw
REGIONALISM  319n
REPETITION  319e
SIMILE  157e
SUSPENSION  310se
THESAURUS  125se