Across
- 3. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be proved
- 6. a direct comparison between two unlike things usually with the words like or as
- 9. the act of using other people's words or ideas without giving credit
- 11. continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failures, or opposition
- 12. to find out exactly; typically as a result of research
- 13. ask for information from someone
- 14. unavoidable; it will happen
- 15. not aware or not concerned about what is happening around one
- 16. language that appeals to the senses
Down
- 1. starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred
- 2. comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
- 4. not certain; hesitant
- 5. a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as
- 7. to explain the meaning of something; to understand
- 8. gives humanlike qualities to nonhuman things
- 10. establish or indicate who or what something is
- 11. wild and noisy disorder or confusion
