Standardize Testing Vocabulary

Break into parts and describe the parts and their relationships

• Analyze

• Explain

• Contrast

• Describe

Examine two or more subjects and tell how they are similar, in some cases, also mention differences

• Discuss

• Evaluate

• Compare

• Contrast

Examine two or more subjects and stress how they differ

• Compare

• Contrast

• Prove

• Evaluate

Give enough facts about or characteristics of a subject to make it clear to someone who is unfamiliar with it

• Explain

• Summarize

• Justify

• Describe

Provide an overview and careful analysis of an event or concept; use details for support

• Summarize

• Discuss

• Explain

• Describe

Make an objective judgment about a topic, relying more on informed sources than your own opinion

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Explain

• Evaluate

Clarify and interpret an event or concept, providing supporting details and examples

• Describe

• Explain

• Analyze

• Prove

Tell the meaning and significance of an event or concept

• Discuss

• Justify

• Compare

• Interpret

Explain or give reasons for decisions or conclusions; be persuasive

• Justify

• Compare

• Describe

• Contrast

Provide impartial reasoning for a given statement

• Analyze

• Summarize

• Prove

• Evaluate