Standardize Testing Vocabulary

Break into parts and describe the parts and their relationships

• Analyze

• Explain

• Contrast

• Describe

Examine two or more subjects and tell how they are similar, in some cases, also mention differences

• Discuss

• Evaluate

• Compare

• Contrast

Examine two or more subjects and stress how they differ

• Compare

• Contrast

• Prove

• Evaluate

Give enough facts about or characteristics of a subject to make it clear to someone who is unfamiliar with it

• Explain

• Summarize

• Justify

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Provide an overview and careful analysis of an event or concept; use details for support

• Summarize

• Discuss

• Explain

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Make an objective judgment about a topic, relying more on informed sources than your own opinion

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Explain

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Clarify and interpret an event or concept, providing supporting details and examples

• Describe

• Explain

• Analyze

• Prove

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Tell the meaning and significance of an event or concept

• Discuss

• Justify

• Compare

• Interpret

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Explain or give reasons for decisions or conclusions; be persuasive

• Justify

• Compare

• Describe

• Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Provide impartial reasoning for a given statement

• Analyze

• Summarize

• Prove

• Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D