Standardize Testing Vocabulary

If a question is asking you to "analyze" what does that mean?

• Explain how each part functions or fits into the whole.

• Take a stand and defend one side of an issue. Give facts, statistics, beliefs, opinions, and your personal view.

• Identifying how things are alike or similar

• How are people, events, or objects different?

• Give the meaning in a concise way using as few words as possible.

If a question is asking you to "pursuade" what does that mean?

• Explain how each part functions or fits into the whole.

• Take a stand and defend one side of an issue. Give facts, statistics, beliefs, opinions, and your personal view.

• Identifying how things are alike or similar

• How are people, events, or objects different?

• Give the meaning in a concise way using as few words as possible.

If a question is asking you to "Compare" what does that mean?

• Explain how each part functions or fits into the whole.

• Take a stand and defend one side of an issue. Give facts, statistics, beliefs, opinions, and your personal view.

• Identifying how things are alike or similar

• How are people, events, or objects different?

• Give the meaning in a concise way using as few words as possible.

If a question is asking you to "Contrast" what does that mean?

• Explain how each part functions or fits into the whole.

• Take a stand and defend one side of an issue. Give facts, statistics, beliefs, opinions, and your personal view.

• Identifying how things are alike or similar

• How are people, events, or objects different?

• Give the meaning in a concise way using as few words as possible.

If a question is asking you to "Summarize" what does that mean?

• Explain how each part functions or fits into the whole.

• Take a stand and defend one side of an issue. Give facts, statistics, beliefs, opinions, and your personal view.

• Identifying how things are alike or similar

• How are people, events, or objects different?

• Give the meaning in a concise way using as few words as possible.

If a question is asking you to "Demonstrate" what does that mean?

• provide a step-by-step procedure to show how to do something

• Present a clear picture of a person, place, thing or idea.

• Give clear descriptions of an event, object, or idea.

• give a view from my experiences and the information they find.

• Read between the lines; the answer is not in the passage.

If a question is asking you to "Describe" what does that mean?

• provide a step-by-step procedure to show how to do something

• Present a clear picture of a person, place, thing or idea.

• Give clear descriptions of an event, object, or idea.

• give a view from my experiences and the information they find.

• Read between the lines; the answer is not in the passage.

If a question is asking you to "Explain" what does that mean?

• provide a step-by-step procedure to show how to do something

• Present a clear picture of a person, place, thing or idea.

• Give clear descriptions of an event, object, or idea. Tell more about the subject.

• give a view from my experiences and the information they find.

• Read between the lines; the answer is not in the passage.

If a question is asking you to "Interpret" what does that mean?

• provide a step-by-step procedure to show how to do something

• Present a clear picture of a person, place, thing or idea.

• Give clear descriptions of an event, object, or idea. Tell more about the subject.

• give a view from my experiences and the information they find.

• Read between the lines; the answer is not in the passage.

If a question is asking you to "Infer" what does that mean?

• provide a step-by-step procedure to show how to do something

• Present a clear picture of a person, place, thing or idea.

• Give clear descriptions of an event, object, or idea. Tell more about the subject.

• give a view from my experiences and the information they find.

• Read between the lines; the answer is not in the passage.