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make clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas. 

Explain

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a piece of written material that conveys information.

Text

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an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us describe or explain phenomena

Model

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.

Connotative

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estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.

Compare

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a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Inferences

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any factor that can exist in differing amounts or types.

Variable

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he________the story to his teacher giving them a shorter version

summarize 

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my teacher had to thoroughly_____ the new topic we were learning in class to me  

explain 

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establish or indicate who or what someone or something is.

identify

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the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.




Evidence

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the literal or dictionary definition of a word.


Denotative

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her_____was that the story was very eerie 

claim

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today's kids use more slang instead of their______ meanings

denotative 

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a mathematical argument which demonstrates the truth of a given proposition.


Prove

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a statement you attempt to prove.


Claim

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a brief statement of the main points.

Summarize

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we made a very useful____for our science project  

model

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to study and look closely at. 



Analyze

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the process of using logic, and/or evidence  to support or refute your claim.


Reasoning

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restate the ideas/text  in detail.

Paraphrase

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When we where learning_______in our math class and I dropped my pencil.

variable  

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Ostensibly neutral, each of these words has a positive _______ in the American political lexicon.

connotative