1.  the act of indicating who a person is or what a thing is.

1.  to make a logical guess based on facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.

1.  a logical guess made based on facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.

1.  to make a judgment or arrive at a belief based on evidence, experience and reasoning. 

1. to relate the context of a text to a reader’s own knowledge and experience.

1. the relationship of the context of a text to a reader’s own knowledge and experience.

1.  to identify the similarities of two or more subjects.

1. the act of identifying the similarities of two or more subjects.

1. to identify the differences of two or more subjects.

the act of identifying the differences of two or more subjects.

1. to study something closely and carefully in order to understand or explain it. 

1.  the study of something closely and carefully in order to understand or explain it.

1.  to examine something carefully and to judge its value or worth.

1. the careful examination of something to judge its value or worth.

 to explain or tell the meaning of something in understandable terms.

1. the explanation of the meaning of something in understandable terms.

1.  a brief retelling of the main ideas of a piece of writing in one’s own words.

1. to briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in one’s own words.

1. the original words and form of a written or printed work.