SBAC Key Vocabulary

to study something critically and carefully in order to understand

• apply

• analyze

• clarify

• contrast

to put what you know and understand into action

• apply

• clarify

• details

• decode

to make something more understandable to the reader

• evaluate

• interpret

• clarify

• conclusion

to identify similarities between two or more things or ideas

• compare

• contrast

• analyze

• evaluate

to identify differences between two ore more things or ideas

• compare

• contrast

• clarify

• construct

to form an idea or opinion by putting together parts of information

• construct

• contrast

• explain

• inference

a final opinion formed after a period of thought

• construct

• conclusion

• details

• evaluate

the process of breaking down parts to gain an understanding

• decode

• incode

• main idea

• opinion

to show evidence of understanding

• deomonstrate

• dance

• expressions

• inference

facts, quotes, etc... that help support the main idea

• details

• interpre

• opinion

• organize