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English
11th Grade
09/08/2010

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Analyze
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to break down into parts or principles to understand the whole. song organizational patterns include enumeration, order of importance, and chornological
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Compare
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to bring out both similarities and differences with the emphasis on similarities
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Contrast
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to stress the differences
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Define
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to give a clear, concise meaning ofr a term,..
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Identify
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to name, to make known, to bring out.. a short response
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Relate
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to show connection or logical association between two or more 'things' through their similarities, such as origins
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Review
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to re-examine key ideas or facts, to survey.
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Trace
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to ascertai nthe stages in the progess or development of something
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Criticize
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to point out hte good and bad points, not juist he bad as many people think,.. to judge the merits and the faults
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Evaluate
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to give a judgement of value including positivie and negative factors.. to assess
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Interpret
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to clarify, to elucidate, teo expound, or to explain the significance of
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Justify
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to shwo what is right, positive, valid, proper, and reasonable, the writer must stress the advantages of a position over the disadvantages
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Prove
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to give evidence, present facts, argue so as to convince,,, to establis hteh truth or validity of something
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Diagram
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to organize in a graphic way, to chart, draw, sketch, or outline
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Illustrate
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to show by means of a pictures, chart, diagram.. or some visual representation
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Outline
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means to organize a set of ideas in main divisons and subordinate divisions.... a somewhat formal system is generally employed using letters and numbers.
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