Across
- 4. typical of a particular person, place, or thing
- 10. the implicative meaning of the expression
- 12. language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors
- 13. to defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded
- 14. making a conscious effort to hear, understand, and retain information that's being relayed to you
- 16. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc
- 17. is the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors
Down
- 1. hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader uses to understand an unfamiliar word's meaning
- 2. to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work
- 3. the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
- 5. the process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises
- 6. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
- 7. literal meaning of an expression
- 8. a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
- 9. to quote
- 11. the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas
- 15. a buildup of calcium in body tissue