ELA Most Powerful Words

to give the short version

• Summarize

• Trace

• Explain

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to break apart information

• Infer

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Explain

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

tell all about something with lots of details

• Compare

• Contrast

• Infer

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to tell what will happen next

• Predict

• Contrast

• Analyze

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

explaining how things are different

• Trace

• Compare

• Contrast

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

picking out what something is

• Identify

• Support

• Formulate

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

an educated guess

• Support

• Evaluate

• Restate

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a quote or reference from a piece a passage

• Evaluate

• Citation

• Trace

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

to judge something

• Analyze

• Predict

• Summarize

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

tell me all the ways something is alike

• Contrast

• Compare

• Predict

• Explain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D