GMAS Core Terms

What is meant by the term COMPARE?

• Examine in order to note likenesses between two things or what they have in common.

• Examine in order to note differences between two or more things.

• to tell or show with written or spoken words ; point out facts or details.

• to establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation.

What is meant by the term CONTRAST?

• Examine in order to note likenesses between two things or what they have in common.

• Examine in order to note differences between two or more things.

• to tell or show with written or spoken words ; point out facts or details.

• to establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation

What does it mean to DESCRIBE?

• The plot or succession of incidents in a novel, poem, drama, etc.

• to establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation

• to tell or show with written or spoken words ; point out facts or details.

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples

What does it mean to IDENTIFY?

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples

• to establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation

• To make clear or understandable to others; make plain

What is a STORY?

• to establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation

• To back up, justify your answer, opinion, or claim (with evidence)

• The plot or succession of incidents in a novel, poem, drama, etc.

Which is the meaning of the term DEMONSTRATE?

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure

• Expand, elaborate; add details

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation

What is meant by the term DETERMINE?

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation

• Expand, elaborate; add details

• to tell or show with written or spoken words ; point out facts or details.

• Examine in order to note differences between two or more things.

What does it mean to EXPLAIN?

• To back up, justify your answer, opinion, or claim (with evidence)

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure

• Expand, elaborate; add details

• To make clear or understandable to others; make plain

What does it mean to provide SUPPORT?

• To back up, justify your answer, opinion, or claim (with evidence)

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples

• to establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation

What are DETAILS?

• Examine in order to note differences between two or more things.

• expand , elaborate; add details

• Examine in order to note likenesses between two things or what they have in common.

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure