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6th Grade Academic Vocab Test 2015-2016

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Clarify
To make something easier to understand. To make something clear.
Fragment
A part that is broken off or detached.
Summarize
To give a short description of the main facts or ideas.
Specific
Detailed or exact
General
Not detailed
Support
To help someone or something
Verb
A word used to describe an action
Subject
The person or thing that is being talked about
Gist
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Category
A group of people or things that are similar in some way
Impact
To have a strong influence on something
Compare
To examine two (2) or more things and find what is similar and what is different about them
Emphasize
To give special importance to something (in speaking or writing)
Cycle
A set of events that repeat over and over again
Especially
Is used to show that something is more important that other things; for emphasis
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