Direction/Testing Words

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• Analyze

• Illustrate

• Infer

• Describe

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

• Support

• Convey

• Explain

• Indicate

To make something more clear or visible

• Define

• Describe

• Support

• Illustrate

To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things

• Compare

• Contrast

To only note the dissimilarities between two things

• Compare

• Contrast

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

• Summarize

• Demonstrate

• Interpret

• Indicate

To briefly share the main points of something

• Summarize

• Demonstrate

• Describe

• Define

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• Describe

• Demonstrate

• Analyze

• Illustrate

Indicate means...

• To points out; to show

• To note details about something

• To give the meaning of something

• To make something more clear or visible

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

• Infer

• Explain

• Interpret

• Convey