Test Taking Vocabulary

What does describe mean?

• explain

• relate to personal experience

• give an account in an open-ended response in which all important details are addressed

• give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events

Define identify.

• a driver's license that says you are actually a 65 year old organ donor

• establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

• describe something using enough detail for your audience to comprehend

• explain why one thing is different from another

Inferring means..

• context clues used to make an educated guess

• trying really hard to win a minion stuffed animal from a claw machine and getting mad when another kid gets it on their first try

• making an educated guess using context clues

• guessing

What does interpret mean?

• explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)

• explain the origin of (information, words, or actions)

• decide which answer is valid

• create a new rap song titled 'Dairy King'

To justify your answer means to..

• back it up with evidence to support your claim

• explain it thoroughly

• explain why all of the other answers are incorrect

• evaluate

To summarize means to..

• give a brief statement of the main points of something

• memorize the main points of an argument

• capture a flying squirrel in a McDonald's cup 

• rewrite a section of text in complete sentences

The teacher evaluated Henry's essay using the rubric.
Which word would best replace the word in blue?

• neglect

• graded

• liked

• assess

This word means important

• imply 

• significance

This word means strongly suggest the truth

• Infer 

• Imply 

This word means make known to others

• reveal 

• support