12 Power Words

What does the word TRACE mean?

• List in steps

• To judge

• To breakdown

• To back it up

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does the word SUPPORT mean?

• To Think it Out

• To backup with details/evidence

• Things that are alike

• To create

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does the word ANALYZE mean?

• To describe something

• Things that are different

• To give the main point of a text

• To break apart and study the pieces

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does the word EXPLAIN mean?

• To Outline

• To Breakdown

• To tell how something is done

• To create an educational guess

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

What does the word INFER mean?

• To create an educational guess

• Backing up your evidence

• Thinking something out

• Describing something

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does the word SUMMARIZE mean?

• Things that are different

• To think something out

• Things that are the same

• To give the main points in a text

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does the word EVALUATE mean?

• To create

• To Outline

• To think it out

• To judge

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does the word COMPARE mean?

• Things that are different

• Things that are the alike

• To describe in detail

• To give details of a text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word CONTRAST mean?

• Back it up

• Between the lines

• Things that are the alike

• Things that are different

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word FORMULATE mean?

• To write

• To read

• To create

• To think it out

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E