Compare & Contrast Vocabulary

to systematically and critically examine all parts of an issue or event

• analyze
• classify
• discuss
• explain

to show how things are different

• describe
• contrast
• classify
• explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

to group items based on common characteristics

• describe
• evaluate
• classify
• explain

to systematically write about all sides of an issue or event

• predict
• evaluate
• classify
• discuss

to make a judgement and support it with evidence

• evaluate
• discuss
• analyze
• classify

to clarify or make plain

• describe
• explain
• contrast
• compare

to present a sketch or an impression

• discuss
• describe
• explain
• classify

to prove or support a position with specific facts and reasons 

• state
• justify
• compare
• trace

to provide examples or to show with a picture or another graphic

• state
• illustrate
• summarize
• infer

to read between the lines or to use knowledge or experience to draw conclusions, make generalizations, or form predictions

• predict
• infer
• trace
• imply