HOMEWORK #1 - Carroll 8th Grade

The definition of compare is:

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

• A process of reasoning, a discussion involving different points of view, a set of reasons why something is true.

• To measure, to determine the amount of.

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

The definition of contrast is:

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

• To measure, to determine the amount of. 

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation. 

• To quote specifically, recall. 

The definition of describe is:

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

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples 

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

• Expand, elaborate; add details. 

The definition of identify is:

• Based in figures of speech, especially metaphorical; not literal; expand meaning. 

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

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

• The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect.

The definition of story is:

• Essential elements of something. The relationship or organization of component parts.

•  Clear, leaving no room for interpretation, leaving nothing merely implied. 

• The author’s most important idea or the cognitive catalyst for the creation of his work.

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

The definition of demonstrate is:

• To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples 

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation. 

• To break down into its constituent parts and examine them; determine meaning from. 

• To make a judgment, to set a value on.

The definition of determine is:

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

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation. 

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure.

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

The definition of explain is:

• Expand, elaborate; add details. 

• To deduce, conclude, to derive by reasoning; to guess, figure out or surmise from evidence. 

• To state or express in concise form the essential components of something, usually chronologically.

• To make clear or understandable to others; make plain. 

The definition of support is:

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

•  Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure.

• A unifying or dominant idea or motif. 

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

The definition of details is:

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

•  To break down into its constituent parts and examine them; determine meaning from. 

•  Essential elements of something. The relationship or organization of component parts.

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure.