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Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.  \nFollow these steps to make a vocabulary question.  \nQuestion Writer's Guide  \n1. Choose an important word.  \n2: Write a question that asks another student based on that part of the textbook. Make it a challenging question. Choose one of the following kinds of challenges. Put a check-mark in front of the kind of challenge you will construct.  \n  match to definition   identify synonym  \n  identify antonym   identify word with same root  \n  infer from context   (another kind of challenge)  \n3: Write four different answers to the question. Three of the answers are incorrect. One is correct. 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