12 Powerful Words

outline; list in steps

• analyze

• support

• trace

• explain

give the facts; back up with evidence

• support

• trace

• analyze

• infer

break apart; study the pieces

• summarize

• analyze

• evaluate

• support

tell how; put in your own words

• trace

• support

• explain

• summarize

a good guess; read between the lines

• compare

• infer

• formulate

• predict

sum it up; give me the short version

• infer

• predict

• formulate

• summarize

judge; in your own words

• evaluate

• predict

• support

• contrast

alike; all the ways alike

• contrast

• predict

• describe

• compare

put together; create

• compare

• formulate

• predict

• summarize

different; all the ways different

• contrast

• describe

• infer

• explain