IAR 4th Grade Test Vocabulary

To recognize who or what someone or something is.

• identify

• compare

• summarize

• evaluate

To recognize or indicate who or what someone or something is.

• identify

• conclusion

• contrast

• determine

To study carefully or in detail.

• describe

• analyze

• compare

• evaluate

To explain how something is similar to something else.

• Summarize

• Contrast

• Compare

• Analyze

To grow or expand by adding detail to writing or speech.

• develop

• evidence

• compare

• infer

To guess what will happen in the future; to forecast.

• Infer

• Contrast

• Predict

• Summarize

To state in a shortened form.

• Summarize

• Predict

• Elaborate

• Compare

To explain or write about something so that it can be easily visualized.

• Infer

• Compare

• Describe

• Argument

To explain how something is different from something else.

• Argument

• Infer

• Compare

• Contrast

To carefully assess the value of something.

• Main Idea

• Evaluate

• Narrative

• Contrast