| ANAPHORA | Repetition of words at the starts of successive phrases, in rhetoric |
| OSAY | Pair of words at the beginning of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| HYPHENS | Punctuation marks used to indicate the division of words at the end of lines (7) |
| FADEIN | Words at the start of a film script |
| LETSBEGIN | Words at the start of a lesson |
| ALLITERATION | Use of the same sound at the beginning of successive words (12) |
| EPANALEPSIS | In rhetoric, the repetition or resumption with the same words (11) |
| APOPHASIS | In rhetoric, what is the denial of an intention to speak about something, but at the same time evoki |
| ANASTROPHE | In rhetoric, the reversal of the normal word order (10) |
| YOUREMUTED | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| TAKEBYSTORM | Rapidly achieve success in, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words at the top of the puzzle |
| APORIA | A logical impasse, paradox or state of puzzlement in philosophy; or, in rhetoric, a declaration of doubt (6) |
| STROMATIC | In rhetoric, application of a word to multiple others of which only one is grammatically suited, e.g. have in he and they have promised to behave (9) |
| PROLEPSIS | In rhetoric, the anticipation and answering of possible objections to an argument (9) |
| ANTONOMASIA | In rhetoric, the substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name (11) |
| TAUTOLOGY | Term, from "same word, repeating what has been said", for redundant repetition of words, as in "free gift", "lifeless and dead", "I saw it with my own eyes" or "unplanned surprise" (9) |
| SHALE | Most abundant of the sedimentary rocks, composed of successive layers of compressed mud or clay (5) |
| NUN | Sister at the heart of five phrases in this puzzle |
| IAMBIC | A couple of words at a time I am writing with a ballpoint (6) |
| PROWL | Park war of words at port and go hunting (5) |
