Social Studies Terms

To break into smaller components for the purpose of study or examination

• Delineate

• Evidence

• Analyze

• Identify

to use words with the aim of persuading through or action

• claim

• audience

• evaluate

• argue

to communicate the exact location of a quotation or reference from a text brought forward for support

• evidence

• cite

• inquiry

• contrast

to note similarities 

• compare

• contrast

• identify

• purpose

to note differences 

• compare

• contrast

• delineate

• analyze

to describe something precisely 

• examine

• circumstance

• delineate

• bias

to describe the value or worth after study 

• evaluate

• purpose

• synthesize

• audience

to inspect something in detail

• perspective

• cause

• evidence

• examine

to recognize and name 

• identify

• primary source

• delineate

• bias

to combine the constituent elements of separate material into a single or unified entity

• compare

• message

• demand

• synthesize