ACT Aspire Test Vocabulary

This is placing a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking.

• analyze

• describe

• evaluate

• support

To infer means to...

• collect information on a topic and summarize, analyze or interpret it.

• tell how, what, when, where, etc.

• get a conclusion from the facts or context; to figure out what is being implied by reading between the lines.

• strengthen or substantiate an argument or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information

To strengthen or substantiate an argument or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information is to...

• support

• describe

• synthesize

• evaluate

To separate a whole text into its parts is to...

• summarize

• synthesize

• describe

• analyze

To clarify is to...

• to place a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking.

• to make information understandable.

• to get a conclusion from the facts or context; to figure out what is being implied by reading between the lines.

• to tell all about.

To explain something with detail is to...

• describe

• analyze

• evaluate

• synthesize

This is to collect information on a topic and summarize, analyze or interpret it.

• synthesize

• support

• evaluate

• infer

To explain is to...

• to separate a whole into its parts.

• to tell how, what, when, where, etc.

• to strengthen or substantiate an argument or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information

• to get a conclusion from the facts or context; to figure out what is being implied by reading between the lines.