Testing Vocabulary

Another name for a reading passage

• selection

• summarize

• identify

• describe

to determine or figure out something

• evidence

• describe

• selection

• identify

The proof that proves your answer choice

• analyze

• compare

• identify

• evidence

what a passage or paragraph is mostly about

• describe

• emphasize

• main idea

• evidence

when two things are different

• describe

• contrast

• compare

• evidence

putting events in chronological order

• selection

• evidence

• sequence

• describe

to tell about something with details

• selection

• identify

• analyze

• describe

what the author is telling you without telling you and why is this important to the story

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• selection

• draw conclusions

something happened and it gets solved

Example: a boy didn't have enough money to play on a basketball team, so he got a job to save money

• problem and solution

• appeal

• draw conclusions

• cause and effect

to shorten and tell the most important parts of a selection

• appeal

• infer

• summarize

• cause and effect