Academic Testing Vocabulary

To present a clear, detailed picture of something

To note details about something

• explain

• describe

• summarize

• sensory details

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• Analyze

• Inference/Infer

• Summarize

• Compare

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To give the meaning (definition) of something

• support

• evaluate

• define

• interpret

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

⭐to directly quote or reference evidence from a source

• support

• evaluate

• cite

• interpret

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to convince someone to think or act in a specific way

• Claim / Argue

• Persuade/Argue/

  Convince

• Cite / RACE

• narrative/essay

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• contrast

• describe

• defer

• demonstrate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

To make something more clear or visible

• illustrate

• explain

• extend

• cite

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to note the differences

• evaluate

• interpret

• contrast

• compare

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Compare means to note the similarities between things (how two or more things are alike)

• evaluate

• interpret

• contrast

• compare

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning; “reading between the lines”

• Analyze

• Inference/Infer

• Summarize

• Compare

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D