SC READY DIRECTION WORDS

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• support

• analyze

• infer

• illustrate

To make something more clear or visible

• describe

• infer

• illustrate

• explain

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

• infer

• illustrate

• explain

• support

Compare means to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things. 

Contrast means to only note the dissimilarities between things.

• COMPARE/CONTRAST

• infer

• describe

• illustrate

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

• infer

• illustrate

• interpet

• describe

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• support

• summarize

• infer

• demonstrate

To briefly share the main points of something

• summarize

• describe

• infer

• support

To point out; to show

• indicate

• infer

• describe

• illustrate

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

• support

• illustrate

• describe

• infer

To note details about something

• support

• describe

• define

• indicate