Sweet Stations Test Prep: Direction Words

What does it mean to analyze something?

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• To show; to explain something in clear terms

• To make something clear by using description

• To briefly share the main points of something

What is the purpose of explaining something?

• To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning

• To give the meaning (definition) of something

• To point out; to show

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

How does one illustrate a concept?

• By making it more clear or visible

• By summarizing its main points

• By comparing it to another concept

• By defining its meaning

What does it mean to compare and contrast?

• To only note the dissimilarities between things

• To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things

• To explain the meaning of something

• To only note the similarities between things

What does it mean to interpret something?

• To point out; to show

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

• To make something clear by using description

• To briefly share the main points of something

What is the goal of summarizing?

• To make something more clear or visible

• To briefly share the main points of something

• To show; to explain something in clear terms

• To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence

What does it mean to demonstrate something?

• To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning

• To give the meaning (definition) of something

• To make something clear by using description

• To show; to explain something in clear terms

What does it mean to indicate something?

• To explain the meaning of something

• To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence

• To point out; to show

• To briefly share the main points of something

What does it mean to infer something?

• To briefly share the main points of something

• To give the meaning (definition) of something

• To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning

• To make something clear by using description

What does it mean to describe something?

• To explain the meaning of something

• To make something more clear or visible

• To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence

• To note details about something