Academic Testing Vocabulary

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.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• Analyze

• Inference/Infer

• Summarize

• Compare

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To briefly share the main points of something

• elaborate

• claim

• summarize

• cite

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 note the differences

• evaluate

• interpret

• contrast

• compare

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

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.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To present a clear, detailed picture of something

To note details about something

• explain

• describe

• summarize

• sensory details

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To explain the meaning of something; to present something in understandable terms

• interpret

• summarize

• analyze

• infer

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make something clear by using description, relevant facts, or ideas

• claim

• elaborate

• expand

• explain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• evaluate

• explain

• extend

• cite

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D