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Question | Definition |
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Imply | to suggest without directly stating it |
Affect | the way something creates a response in the reader |
Compare | to examine all the differences |
Referring to/Refer | directing attention to something already mentioned |
Elaborate | to add information to improve understanding |
Effect | the result |
Infer or Conclude | to use the selection and what you know about the world to "read between the lines" |
Justify | to defend or prove a response |
Predict | to estimate [guess] future events based upon present and past information |
Indicates | points out, shows |
Summarize | to restate the main points in a brief manner |
Details | the specific parts of a whole |
Evidence | something that serves to illustrate or prove |
Consequence | a result [usually negative] |
Fact | a statement that can be proven |
Suggest | put forth as a possibility |
Significance | importance |
Excerpt | part of a written work |
Position | a person's point of view or attitude toward a topic |
Correlation | something that shows a relationship between two things |
Critical | points out the negative,against |
Ridicule | to make fun of something |
Purpose | goal, the reason you do something |
Persuade | to try to change someone's opinion on an issue |
Demonstrates | to show clearly, to prove with evidence |
Emphasizes/Highlights | draws attention to, points out |
Achieved/Achieves | to reach, accomplish |
Determine | to decide, to conclude |
Incident | an individual event, a specific moment |
Influence/Influenced | to have an impact or effect on something |
Impact | result or effect on something |
Expresses | shows, illustrates |
Additional | extra |
Characterize | to show what someone's personality is like |
Convey | to communicate, to show |
Context | the surrounding events [usually fiction] or the surrounding sentences and words [usually nonfiction] |
Sentimental | emotional attachment, romantic, tear-jerking |
Lighthearted | carefree, not stressed, happy-go-lucky, merry, jolly, not serious |
Sarcastic | mocking, scornful, says the opposite of what is meant, witty |
Optimistic | anticipating only the best to happen, hopeful, positive, cheerful outlook |
Regret/Remorseful | to be sorry for |
Mocking | imitate, mimic, make fun of |
Objective | Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions including opinions |
Puzzled | confused, disorientated, baffled |
Celebratory | happy about the outcome |
Vague | not clearly expressed or defined |
Nostalgic | thinking about the past and wishing things were still the way they used to be |
Sympathetic | to feel bad for those involved |