Week 1 STAAR VOCABULARY

What does Analyze mean?

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

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it.

• To make something more clear or visible.

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

• Compare means to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things. Contrast means to only note the dissimilarities between things.

What does Explain mean?

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it.

• To make something more clear or visible.

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

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

What does Compare mean?

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

• Only note the dissimilarities between things.

• To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things.

• To make something clear or visible.

What does Illustrate mean?

• To make something more clear or visible.

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

• Compare means to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things. Contrast means to only note the dissimilarities between things.

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it.

What does Interpret mean?

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

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

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it.

• To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things.

What does Contrast mean?

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it.

• TO note similarities and/or dissimilarities between things.

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

• Only note the dissimilarities between things.

Match the following

• Examine something in detail

• Contrast

• Note the similarities/dissimilarities

• Analyze

• Make something clear using description

• Explain

• Make something more clear/visible

• Compare

• Note the dissimilarities between things.

• Illustrate

To Examine something in detail in order to understand it

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

To make something more clear or visible.