Direction Words for Testing 1

To examine something in detail in order to understand it 

• infer

• analyze

• support

• convey

To make something clear by using description, relevant facts, or ideas

• illustrate

• define

• convey

• explain

To make something more clear or visible

• illustrate

• define

• support

• describe

To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things.

• compare

• contrast

• infer

• indicate

To only note the dissimilarities between things.

• interpret

• compare

• contrast

• analyze

To explain the meaning of something; to present something in understandable terms

• infer

• interpret

• illustrate

• examine

To briefly share the main points of something

• summarize

• support

• illustrate

• define

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• demonstrate

• illustrate

• convey

• indicate

To point out; to show

• analyze

• infer

• indicate

• illustrate

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning; “reading between the lines”

• infer

• analyze

• examine

• convey