The Red Badge Courage

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action (11)
  2. 7. Troops trained to fight on horseback (7)
  3. 8. Intense or sharp (9)
  4. 9. The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (11)
  5. 10. Worn to shreds (8)
  6. 13. To cause to move forward with force (9)
  7. 14. Emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of ___ (14)
  8. 15. A device or ___ that is very useful for a particular job (11)
  9. 16. The process of paying close and continuous attention (9)

Down

  1. 1. Tiresomely long (12)
  2. 2. The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest (12)
  3. 4. To speak haltingly (9)
  4. 5. A trite or obvious remark (11)
  5. 6. A cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms (8)
  6. 11. Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread (9)
  7. 12. Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed (6)