Most Significant Common Core Key Terms

Compare

• What they are
• What they have in common 
• What is different
• What they need 

Contrast 

• Differences between two things 
• What they have in common 
• What is similar 
• To separate 

Describe 

• put in order 
• examine closely 
• point out facts or details 
• the character 

Identify 

• particular features that are different 
• look at the ideas 
• tell about the main idea 
• call out differences 

Story 

• what a person says 
• main idea 
• the conclusion
• incidences in a row that develop a theme

Demonstrate 

• to tell about 
• to describe through examples 
• to remind a person 
• To bring a clue 

Explain 

• to make clear and understandable 
• To make uncertain  
• To draw a plain 
• to read 

Support 

• To tell about 
• To lift up 
• To back up with evidence 
• To draw a picture 

Details 

• Large pictures 
• Smaller elements that support ideas 
• To give reason 
• Little facts left out 

Develop 

• To draw 
• To make known 
• To provide clues 
• expand and elaborate