12 powerful words

draw a conclusion, make a prediction, read between the lines, or to make an educated guess using prior knowledge

• evaluate
• trace
• summarize
• infer

tell the importance of its worth in your own word

• explain
• support
• analyze
• evaluate

alike; all the ways they are alike

• contrast
• describe
• compare
• explain

tell all about who, where, when, why, how

• formulate
• contrast
• compare
• describe

tell how or why

• describe
• support
• explain
• trace

different; all the ways they are different

• compare
• contrast
• formulate
• predict

put together; create

• trace
• summarize
• formulate
• analyze

What will happen next; tell what you think will happen in the future

• evaluate
• support
• predict
• analyze

sum it up; give me the short version; BME

• infer
• evaluate
• describe
• summarize

give the facts; back up with details

• support
• summarize
• formulate
• compare