CMAS Terms

Note the differences

• Identify

• Contrast

• Describe

Note individual features

• Identify

• Story

• Compre

Describe or illustrate through examples

• Determine

• Details

• Demonstrate

To make clear or understandable to others

• Explain

• Contrast

• Determine

Smaller elements of a structure

• Support

• Story

• Details

Explain how two things are different

• Contrast

• Identify

• Support

To tell or show with words

• Describe

• Demonstrate

• Support

The plot of events in a novel

• Explain

• Support

• Story

To decide or conclude through reasoning

• Explain

• Determine

• Compare

To back up your claim with evidence

• Support

• Details

• Describe