Rhetorical appeals crossword · Grade 9

The crossword clues

Directions: Read each clue and write the answer in the grid, one letter in each box.

• Across
• 1 A brief personal story used to make a point vivid (8)
• 3 A strategy that draws on character, emotion or reason to persuade (6)
• 7 Believability; the trust an audience places in a speaker (11)
• 9 Appeal built on a speaker's credibility, character and expertise (5)
• 11 The urgent problem or event that prompts someone to speak or write (8)
• 12 The art of using language to persuade, inform or move an audience (8)
• 14 The time, place and circumstances in which a speech is given (8)
• Down
• 2 Evidence from a witness or expert who speaks from experience (9)
• 4 What a speaker hopes a text will achieve:
• inform, persuade, unite (7)
• 5 The listeners or readers a persuader must win over (8)
• 6 Greek philosopher whose study of persuasion named three modes of proof (9)
• 8 Greek idea of the opportune moment: the right words at the right time (6)
• 10 The voice or role a speaker adopts for a particular audience (7)
• 13 A writer's attitude toward a subject, revealed through word choice (4)