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Critical verb review

52 words we've already had

TermDefinition
Evaluate To calculate the volume of something.
Interpret To make sense of something.
Identify To recognize.
Compare To show similarities.
Classify To arrange in groups.
Paraphrase To say something another way.
Infer To figure out from clues.
Determine To find out/decide something.
Analyze To break apart and study.
Describe To give detailed description in written or spoken words.
Summarize Give a summary;condense.
Draw To pull from.
Integrate To make parts into a whole.
Support To make stronger with evidence/facts.
Cite To repeat the words of an author/text.
articulate To say something clearly.
contrast To show differences.
comprehend To get the meaning of a text/concept;to understand or grasp.
demonstrate To show or exhibit.
distinguish To tell, or set apart.
locate To find a particular place.
organize To put in order.
refer To look for information.
explain To make understandable.
retell To say or tell again.
suggest To say or hint.
recognize To identify or acknowledge something seen before.
connections A relationship, link, or bond.
details particular, or intricate parts of the story.
alliteration Similar or same beginning sound that is repeated.
main idea What the text is mostly about.
illustration Drawing, sketch, or picture that goes with a text.
point of view opinion, attitude, or judgement of author or character in the text.
stanza A group of lines within a poem.
theme Message or moral of the story.
explicity Clearly expressed or devloped.
conclusion final part of a story;ending.
evidence Proof.
figurative Colorful language.
metaphor Comparison of 2 unlike things (form of figurative language)
simile Compare 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as" (form of figurative language)
structure organization or construction of the story.
categorize Classify or arrange.
interaction How 2 or more affect one another.
mood Feeling or mood of the story.
tone A distinctive emotional quality.
analogy The relationship in between 2 sets of words.
locate To find.
develop To elaborate or expand an idea.
trace To follow the course or path.
synthesize To form an idea piecing together elements.
argument Statement, reason, or fact for or against a point.
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