Test Question Power Words

This test direction word means to follow, track outline, list in steps.

• analyze

• trace

• infer

• evaluate

This test direction word means to think through, break apart, break up into pieces.

• contrast

• compare

• analyze

• explain

This test direction word means to judge, value of, meaning, examine, test for the truth, or tell one good and one bad.

• evaluate

• support

• summarize

• predict

This test direction word means to figure out, read between the lines, predict what they are trying to say.

• analyze

• compare

• contrast

• infer

This test question word means to tell about something, to show me, list details.

• describe

• infer

• trace

• formulate

This test question word means to come up with, make a plan, develop, make, or create.

• predict

• describe

• formulate

• support

This test question word means to provide reasons, tell reasons, give examples, or back it up.a

• contrast

• analyze

• infer

• support

This test direction word means to tell all about, tell what and why, tell how, or to teach to someone else.

• explain

• trace

• formulate

• support

This test direction word means to tell the main parts, bottom line, main ideas, or the gist of something.

• explain

• support

• summarize

• contrast

This test direction word means to list the similarities, all of the ways they are alike.

• contrast

• compare

• infer

• predict