Across
- 1. bring something into being or existence; produce or evolve from one’s own thought or imagination; reorganise or put elements together into a new pattern or structure or to form a coherent or functional whole
- 2. dissect to ascertain and examine constituent parts and/or their relationships; break down or examine in order to identify the essential elements, features, components or structure; determine the logic and reasonableness of information; examine or consider something in order to explain and interpret it, for the purpose of finding meaning or relationships and identifying patterns, similarities and differences
- 5. establish, conclude or ascertain after consideration, observation, investigation or calculation; decide or come to a resolution
- 7. give an account (written or spoken) of a situation, event, pattern or process, or of the characteristics or features of something
- 8. choose in preference to another or others; pick out
- 11. make an idea or situation plain or clear by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts; give an account; provide additional information
- 13. investigate, inspect or scrutinise; inquire or search into; consider or discuss an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue
- 14. distinguish; locate, recognise and name; establish or indicate who or what someone or something is; provide an answer from a number of possibilities; recognise and state a distinguishing factor or feature
- 15. express an opinion, observation or reaction in speech or writing; give a judgment take something into account when making a judgment; view attentively or scrutinise; reflect on
- 16. provide the relevant reasoning to support a response
Down
- 1. think deliberately or carefully about something, typically before making a decision; prove or try to prove by giving reasons
- 3. give reasons for or against something; challenge or debate an issue or idea; persuade, based on a given statement or result of a calculation
- 4. use knowledge and understanding to recognise trends and draw conclusions from given information; make clear or explicit; elucidate or understand in a particular way; bring out the meaning of, e.g. a dramatic or musical work, by performance or execution; bring out the meaning of an artwork by artistic representation or performance; give one’s own interpretation of; identify or draw meaning from, or give meaning to, information presented in various forms, such as words, symbols, pictures or graphs
- 6. give the meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity; state meaning and identify or describe qualities
- 9. think about deeply and carefully
- 10. reach a resolution as a result of consideration; make a choice from a number of alternatives
- 12. examine by argument; sift the considerations for and against; debate; talk or write about a topic, including a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses; consider, taking into account different issues and ideas, points for and/or against, and supporting opinions or conclusions with evidence