12 Powerful Words

Analyze

• Tell me all about it
• Back it up
• To break it down
• What's the difference?

Trace

• Break it down
• Outline
• To Judge
• Means alike

Evaluate

• To judge
• Tell me all about it
• Back it up
• The short version

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

Infer

• Read between the lines
• Think about the future
• Tell me why
• To Outline

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Describe

• Outline
• To judge
• Tell me all about it 
• What's the difference?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Formulate

• Build, create
• Back it up
• Tell me why?
• Means alike

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Explain

• Break it down
• To judge
• Tell me why
• Think about the future

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

Support

• Back it up
• Tell me why
• Means alike
• Think about the future

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

Compare

• Means alike
• What's the difference? 
• Tell me why
• Read between the lines

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Summarize

• Back it up
• Tell me why
• The short version
• Outline

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D