| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| rhetoric | the study of effective speech and writing |
| rhetorics | RHETORIC, the study of effective speech and writing |
| periphrasis | The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing |
| periphrases | The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing |
| demotic | Relating to or denoting the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing |
| phonetics | The study and classification of speech sounds |
| linguistics | the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language |
