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You will need to analyze the poem carefully. Analyze means:

to read quickly.

to look closely at the details.

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Please support your response to the question. Support means:

to back up your response with details from the text.

to repeat the argument given.

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Do not copy the author's work but paraphrase the information. Paraphrase means:

to change one or two words when copying information.

to put the author's information into your own words.

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How can you critique the author's argument that school should be held on weekends. Critique means:

to state why the author is wrong.

to explain the good points and bad points of something.

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There are many classic books that have been adapted for different age levels. Adapt means:

To change something in a big way and make it unrecognizable.

To change slightly to make fit.

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Please remember to support your claim. Claim means:

an opinion that can be supported with evidence.

to build.

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Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Evidence means:

to make an opinion about the text.

to find proof or clues from the text to support your answer.

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Make an inference about what happened next in the story. Infer means:

to use what you read and what you know in your head.

to put into your own words.

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Use context clues to define...deployed

sent to

told

encouraged

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Use context clues to define...audacious

hesitant

brave

cowardly

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Use context clues to define the nonsense word....spinkle

pizza

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Use context clues to define the nonsense word... walipe

movies

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Use context clues to define the nonsense word...cromp

squirrel

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Use context clues to define...concur

to agree

to not care about others

to respect others

to disagree

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Use context clues to define...notorious

famous or well known, typically for a bad quality

someone who is not known by others

a person who plays a part in a play

a small animal that howls loudly

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Use context clues to define...cacaphony

soft harmony

harsh or jarring sounds

musical instruments

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