Testing Vocabulary

To examine something in detail by breaking it down

• Analyze

• Explain

• Contrast

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Examine two or more subjects and tell how they are similar and different

• Discuss

• Evaluate

• Compare/ Contrast

• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make note of details or characteristics of a subject to make it clear to someone who is unfamiliar with it

• Explain

• Summarize

• Justify

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To make an objective judgment about a topic, relying more on informed sources than your own opinion

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Explain

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make something clear by providing supporting details and examples

• Define

• Explain

• Analyze

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To explain the meaning of something in an understandable way

• Analyze

• Justify

• Compare

• Interpret

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To defend or back up with reasoning/ evidence

• Analyze

• Summarize

• Support

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To retell very briefly the main points of something

• Analyze

• Describe

• Discuss

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make an educated guess about something

• Define

• Support

• Infer

• Predict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Point of view

• the perspective from which a story is told; could be told in the first, second, or third person

• the category of a text, such as fiction or nonfiction

• when the reader knows something that the characters do not know

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D