Quarter 1 Critical Testing Words 1-10

to give a brief statement of the main points

• optimize

• summarize

• infer

• articulation

to say something again, possibly in a different way

• retell

• evidence

• argument

• opinion

what a text is mostly about

• category

• quote

• detail

• main idea

to make something clearer by giving details

• make a connection

• simile

• explain

• refer

a fact of the text that helps support the main idea

• locate

• infer

• detail

• develop

to establish a fact as a result of evidence

• determine

• tone

• contrast

• cite

to state how things are similar

• integrate

• describe

• compare

• examine

show clearly using examples or evidence

• analyze

• analogy

• dennotate

• demonstrate

to state how things are different

• contrast

• construct

• summarize

• interpret

to express an idea in words coherently and fluently

• explain

• articulate

• comprehend

• evaluate