12 Powerful Words

Read between the lines

• trace

• infer

• evaluate

• describe

to build or create a plan

• analyze

• trace

• formulate

• compare

judge the worth

• predict

• summarize

• infer

• evaluate

to outline; list in steps

• trace

• contrast

• support

• describe

to break apart

• infer

• trace

• analyze

• describe

to tell all about it in your own words

• support

• describe

• compare

• contrast

back it up with evidence

• support

• explain

• summarize

• predict

tell me how or why

• evaluate

• describe

• explain

• predict

Summarize:

• show how things are alike

• examine the differences

• to think about the future

• retell the main idea and key points

Predict:

• to break apart

• to think about the future

• judge the worth

• to back up with evidence