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Which two of the following are essential aspects of clarifying in a conversation?
repeating the other person's words back to them verbatim
ensuring you grasp others' perspectives
asking others to offer clarifying details about their thoughts
using cross-examination questions to catch the other person in a contradiction

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- ensuring you grasp others' perspectives
- asking others to offer clarifying details about their thoughts

Briefly: clarifying aims to understand, so you check your understanding and invite more detail. Repeating verbatim isn't necessary and cross-examining is adversarial, not clarifying.