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If you cite something, you quote, paraphrase, or refer to it.
Synonyms: quote, mention, or reference
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If you analyze something, you look closely at each of its parts and see if they fit together in away that makes sense.
Synonyms: examine, inspect, study
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When you infer something, you make an educated guess based on information from the text and personal experience.
Synonyms: deduce, reason, conclude, generalize |
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If you convey something, you communicate it.
Synonyms: communicate, make known, impart
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If you summarize something, you tell the most important information from it.
Synonyms: sum up, recap, give the main points |
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If you describe something, you explain what it is like.
Synonyms: characterize, portray, depict |
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If you determine something, you discover it or decide on it.
Synonyms: decide, discover, establish
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If you explain something, you give information about it or reasons for it that make it easier to understand.
Synonyms: make clear, clarify, simplify
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If you develop something, you work on it over a period of time, during which it grows or changes.
Synonyms: grow, evolve, form
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If you influence, you have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
Synonyms: effect, impact, control
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If you compare things, you identify ways that they are the same.
Synonyms: parallel, match up, show likeness
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If you contrast things, you find the differences between them.
Synonyms: tell the difference, make a distinction, unlikeness
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