Test Taking Vocabulary

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

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

If you are asked to describe something, you must----.

• compare and contrast

• draw a conclusion

• give details about it

• analyze evidence

When you are asked to compare and contrast, you must____

• tell how two things are alike and different

• provide an outline

• justify your stance

• develop a thesis statement

What does summarize mean?

• To explain the conflict and resolution

• To retell all of the events from the beginning, middle and end of the story

• To tell the most important events in your own words

What does conclusion mean?

• A result, outcome, or final inference based on text evidence

• The solution or resolution to the story

• The lesson, moral, or message of a story

What does identify mean?

• to read

• to guess

• to find

What does explain mean?

• To give a reason or provide text evidence to support your answer

• To ask questions about a topic

• To make a reasonable guess about what might happen next

What does preview the text mean?

• To read the text from beginning to end without stopping

• To skim and scan the text in order to locate information that can be used to make predictions and ask questions

• To summarize the most important events

What does locate information mean?

• To summarize the details in a paragraph

• To add new details to a sentence or paragraph

• To find the sentence or paragraph that contains the facts or details the reader is looking for