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WORDS ARE MY JAM
READING IS MY JAM
100

To examine in detail, typically for purpose or explanation.

What is ANALYZE?
100

An advantage.

What is BENEFIT?

100

Identify similarities and differences between two or more items.

What is COMPARE AND CONTRAST?

100

Deduce or conclude (information)  from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicits statements.

What is INFER/INFERENCE?

100

Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

What is DIALOGUE?

200

To have the same opinion; concur

What is AGREE?

200

A disadvantage or problem.

What is DRAWBACK?

200

State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence of proof.

What is CLAIM?

200

A word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good )

What is ANTONYM?

200

A group of lines forming the  basic recurring metrical unit in a poem;  a verse.

What is STANZA?

300

A claim backed up with evidence

What is ARGUMENT?

300

An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument

What is COUNTER ARGUMENT?

300

The reason for which something is done or created or for which something  exists.

What is PURPOSE?

300

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

What is CONTEXT?

300

The use of the same grammatical structure or pattern in a series of words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence or passage

What is PARALLEL STRUCTURE?

400

The quality of being trusted or believed in

What is CREDIBILITY?

400

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

What is EVIDENCE?
400

Arrive at a judgment or opinion by reasoning.

What is CONCLUDE?

400

Set up on a firm or permanent basis.

What is ESTABLISH?

400

The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described

What is POINT OF VIEW?

500

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

What is BIAS?

500

Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.

What is REFUTE?

500

Accept or admit the existence or truth of

What is ACKKNOWLEDGE?

500

Optimistic, scornful, sympathetic are all examples of an author's _______ .

What is TONE?

500

"Mrs. Atalla loves teaching, dancing, and playing with her children" is an example of ______.

What is PARALLEL STRUCTURE?