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give a basic overview of the main points in the story and your understanding of them
What is summarize?
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an educated guess about what might happen in the story
What is a prediction?
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combine and connect all the elements to find a greater meaning
What is synthesize?
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type of sentence that uses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point
What is an exclamatory sentence?
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a word that means doubtful or uncertain
What is ambiguous?
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the meaning of 'juxtapose'
What is to place side by side especially for comparison on contrast
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Antonio didn't know what to do. If he sided with Vincenza, Gregory would stop talking to him, and if he sided with Gregory, Vincenza would stop talking to him He was in a ____________________; He didn't know what to do. He was going to lose either way.
What is a conundrum?
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to make (something) easier
to help bring (something) about
to help (something, such as a discussion) run more smoothly and effectively
What is facilitate?
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something that is so subtle you might miss it is a ______________.
What is a nuance?
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a sentence that makes a statement. It ends with a period.
What is a declarative sentence?
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a type of sentence that asks a question and needs a question mark
What is an interrogative sentence?
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An adjective that could describe this woman's style is ______________________.
What is eclectic?
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to make clearer
What is clarify?
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contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives
What is cynical?
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a type of sentence that is a command
What is an imperative sentence?