CASPP English Practice

What is the meaning of 'compare'?

• Examine in order to note likenesses between two things or what they have in common
•  Examine in order to note significant differences between two or more things

What is the meaning of 'contrast'?

• Examine in order to note likenesses between two things or what they have in common
• Examine in order to note significant differences between two or more things

What is the meaning of 'describe'?

• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation. 
•  Clear, leaving no room for interpretation, leaving nothing merely implied
• To tell or show with written or spoken words; point out facts or details

What is the meaning of 'identify'?

• To make clear or understandable to others; make plain. 
• To establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation. 
• To tell or show with written or spoken words; point out facts or details 
•  Expand, elaborate; add details.

What is the meaning of 'demonstrate'?

•  To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation. 
•  Expand, elaborate; add details.
• : Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure.
•  To describe, explain, display or illustrate through examples 

What is the meaning of 'determine'?

•  To quote specifically, recall.
• To decide or conclude through reasoning or observation.

What is the meaning of 'support'?

• Expand, elaborate; add details
• To break down into its constituents parts and examine them; determine meaning from.
• To back up, justify your answer, opinion, or claim (with evidence) 

What is the meaning of 'theme'?

• To tell or show with written or spoken words; point out facts or details
• A unifying or dominant idea or motif. Often the answer to the question, “What did I learn?” 

What is the meaning of 'infer'?

•  To establish as particular by noting individual features or characteristics in isolation.
• To deduce, conclude, to derive by reasoning; to guess, figure out or surmise from evidence. 

What is the meaning of 'summarize'?

• Elements that support ideas; smaller elements of structure.
• To state or express in concise form the essential components of something, usually chronologically