16 Testing Words

When you are showing how something is alike, you are...

• Contrasting

• Discussing

• Comparing

• Tracing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you are trying to prove that something is true using facts, you are...

• Comparing

• Justifying

• Evaluating

• Interpreting

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you are trying to guess at what will happen in the future, you are...

• Predicting

• Formulating

• Inferring

• Describing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

If you are trying to put text evidence in your response, you are...

• Describing

• Tracing

• Citing

• Interpreting

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

If you need to make something clearer to someone, you are...

• Defending

• Evaluating

• Discussing

• Explaining

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

If you are trying to give a specific, opinion based explanation of something, you are...

• Inferring

• Formulating

• Tracing

• Interpreting

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

If you are studying the individual parts of something, you are...

• Comparing

• Describing

• Analyzing

• Discussing

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

If you are revealing certain details and characteristics about something, you are...

• Describing

• Interpreting

• Predicting

• Analyzing

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

If you are trying to make something known, you are...

• Interpreting

• Identifying

• Discussing

• Tracing

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

If you are copying or trying to follow something, you are...

• Analyzing

• Citing

• Tracing

• Summarizing

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D