12 Powerful Words


It is easier for students to answer a question if they fully understand what the question is asking, so these words and their meanings will be emphasized this year.

 

  1. Trace - Follow in steps
  2. Analyze - Break apart
  3. Infer - Read between the lines
  4. Evaluate - Judge; tell your opinion of
  5. Formulate – Create
  6. Describe - Tell all about
  7. Support - Back up with details
  8. Explain - Tell how
  9. Summarize - Give a shorted version of
  10. Compare - All the ways they are alike
  11. Contrast - All the ways they are different
  12. Predict - What will happen next

 


 
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