Scoreboost Critical Thinking

When the answer is not in the text but you have to figure it out from what you know and clues in the text.

• Inferences

• Sequence

• Conclusions

• Speculation

To tell (information) again using fewer words, including the main idea and important details.

• Evaluate

• Conclusion

• Summarize

• Analyze

The reason why something is done or used

• Point of View

• Relevance

• Conclusions

• Purpose

A final decision or judgment. Also an opinion or decision that is formed after a period of thought or research

• Inferences

• Conclusions

• Relevant

• Purpose

The order in which things happen

• Sequence

• Generalizations

• Analyze

• Speculation

Ideas or guesses about something that is not known

• Speculation

• Conclusions

• Summarize

• Evaluate

To study (something) closely or carefully

• Speculation

• Evaluate

• Analyze

• Inferences

Are reasonable guesses about ideas not stated in the text

• Summarizing Ideas

• Analyzing Ideas

• Drawing Conclusions

• Making Inferences

The author's opinion or personal beliefs on an issue

• Conclusion

• Making Inferences

• Point of View

• Relevant

a Generalization is a statement that seems true in most situations or with most people, but may not be completely true in all cases

• false

• true