STAAR Academic Verbs

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To​​ (a)   is to try to get others to believe what you are saying

• persuade
• suggest
• determine
• organize

To cause someone to think about something

• indicate

• suggest

• enhance

• detect

Match the following words with their correct definition

• To point out or show

• organize

• to arrange things

• indicate

• To prove; to show that something is right

• justify

To show something that isn’t the same

• enhance

• evaluate

• differ

• emphasize

To form a mental image of something is to​ (a)   but to increase or make greater is to ​ (b)  

• visualize
• enhance
• detect
• determine
• convince

To discover or identify something

• demonstrate

• detect

• determine

• conclude

When you persuade someone to do something you ​ (a)   them.

• convince
• evaluate
• justify
• demonstrate

To come to an opinion by reasoning from facts or observations is to

• determine

• persuade

• indicate

• infer

To decide something important is to

• detect

• determine

• evaluate

• identify