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Critical Nouns
Critical Nouns 2
Verbs 1
Verbs 2
Mystery
100
Alliteration
What is the repetition of consonant sounds
100
Similie
What is a comparison which uses "like" or "as"
100
compare
What is to note the similarities of two or more things
100
Explain
What is to make an idea more clear by giving more facts or or details or other relevant ideas
100
Identify
What is to pick out or select or find
200
Metaphor
What is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
200
Tone
What is the attitude or feeling of a work
200
contrast
What is to note the differences of two or more things
200
Distinguish
What is to point out a difference
200
Support
What is to find evidence to help your argument
300
Theme
What is the message the author is trying to send the reader
300
Point of View
What is what the author thinks about a particular topic
300
Evaluate
What is to assess the pros and cons of a topic/situation/thing
300
Trace
What is to find the origin of
300
objective summary
What is a summary that is only fact, with no opinion
400
Evidence
What are facts/quotes that support your position
400
Central Idea
What is the main point of a non-fiction passage
400
Paraphrase
What is to make someone else's words your own, without plagiarizing
400
infer
What is to find something that is implied but not explicitly stated in a text or speech
400
interpret
What is to explain the meaning of
500
rhetoric
What is the art of using argument/speech to prove a point
500
Connotative/Figurative Language
What is speech or language that implies a different meaning / does not mean literally what it says
500
Delineate
What is to describe or distinguish
500
articulate
What is to speak or write carefully and with great skill
500

idiom 

What is a combination of words that have a figurative meaning (break a leg, cat out of the bag, etc)