Test-taking Terms

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to mention something or somebody as an example to support an argument or help explain what is being said

to use your own words to summarize something; restating information in your own words

to tell how, give an explanation by describing it in more detail

to make a broad statement about a class or category of people, ideas, or things, based on a study of only some of its members or parts

to draw a conclusion or form an opinion about something based on the evidence or reasoning uses in the passage

to break apart, exam closely so that you can understand it

to make something understood without expressing it directly

to change or grow over time or throughout the text