The Critical Vocabulary of the Common Core

break something down into its parts

• infer

• analyze

• identify

• compare

express clearly

• articulate

• compare

• comprehend

• delineate

quote

• integrate

• organize

• paraphrase

• cite

find likeness

• compare

• contrast

• trace

• explain

understand; find meaning

• retell

• suggest

• comprehend

• synthesize

find differences

• demonstrate

• infer

• compare

• contrast

describe in detail

• distinguish

• draw

• evaluate

• delineate

show clearly

• demonstrate

• locate

• summarize

• evaluate

tell the facts, details

• develop

• describe

• support

• suggest

decide

• locate

• interpret

• determine

• refer