20 SAT Writing Prompts Vocabulary

To separate something into parts and discuss, examine, or interpret each part.

• Analyze
• Persuade
• Enumerate
• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

To put something into a category with things of a similar type.  

• classify
• explain
•  identify
• criticize

To examine two or more things and to show their similarities

• Contrast
• Compare
• Classify
• Trace

To examine two or more things and show their differences.

• Evaluate
• Illustrate
• Trace
• Contrast

To analyze and make reasoned judgments about something (positive, negative, or both).

• Explain
• Trace
• Criticize
• Outline

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

To give the meaning of a term or concept

• Trace
• Define
• Interpret
• Discuss

To give the physical or non-physical qualities or characteristics of something.

• Describe
• Outline
• Prove
• Trace

To make a list of something's component ideas, aspects, or parts. 

• Classify
• Analyze
• Enumerate
• Explain

To offer the pros and cons of an issue

• Identify
• Persuade
• Discuss
• Enumerate

To give a reasoned opinion about something, in terms of how good the work, idea, or person is

• Classify
• Evaluate
• Persuade
• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B