Unit 2: Lesson 1

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 8, Unit 2, Lesson 1.
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  1. convention
    something regarded as a normative example
  2. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
  3. psychology
    the science of mental life
  4. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
  5. technique
    a practical method or art applied to some particular task
  6. extreme
    of the greatest possible degree, extent, or intensity
  7. absolute
    perfect or complete or pure
  8. literary criticism
    a written evaluation of a serious written work
  9. criticism
    a written evaluation of a serious written work
  10. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  11. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  12. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  13. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
  14. comma
    a punctuation mark (,) indicating the separation of elements
  15. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  16. intensify
    increase in extent or strength
  17. justify
    show to be right by providing proof
  18. parallel
    something analogous to something else
  19. quest
    the act of searching for something
Created on Fri Sep 11 11:14:10 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Sep 11 15:26:23 EDT 2020)

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