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A word that means the opposite of persuade is argue. The definition of argue is below:
to give reasons for or against something or to disagree
I believe this depends solely on personal preference. A work of literature that you like may not be good to somebody else, so the way you feel about something makes it either good or bad. I believe I am pretty comfortable determining the quality of literature given that I have read a lot of books and have an overall grasp of each literary era throughout history. It can be easy to critique a text if you are knowledgeable enough about that particular era, style of writing, and general context, but it could also be quite difficult depending on the topic of that work.
Hiking along the trail, the Grand Canyon came into view.
I could see that I had a flat tire walking toward the car
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what story? if you can please copy and paste it so we can see it and try to help you.
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