Testing Vocabulary

Words in print- words on the page

• text

• figurative language

• analyze

• context

To ‘copy’ or state directly from text;  to recall exactly

• compare

• cite

• contrast

• describe

To break down into parts and figure out the meaning.  To show how the parts fit together or don’t fit together.

• identify

• story

• analyze

• demonstrate

All the surrounding information that helps tell  the meaning.  The set of  facts that surround a particular event or situation

• analyze

• cite

• explain

• context

Make judgements and share your thinking

• develop

• evaluate

• support

• explain

Words, usually in a sentence, that refer to something without directly saying it.   Not literal.  Common in many kinds of poetry.

• figurative language

• explain

• support

• detrmine

To measure, to judge, to evaluate

• calculate

• develop

• assess

• organize

Look closely to see how two things are alike or what they have in common.

• remember

• develop

• compare

• evaluaate

The process of reasoning with different points 

of view.  Usually involves 

a set of reasons why 

something is true.

• argument

• correspond

• time

• chronological

To notice individual special features or characteristics

• details

• main idea

• sort

• identify