Vocabulary words

Analyze

• To guess the meaning without evidence.
• To ignore and overlook details.
• To summarize briefly without analysis.
• To examine in detail for understanding.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Persuade

• Force someone to comply with a demand.
• Ignore someone's opinion entirely.
• Convince or influence someone to believe or do something.
• Provide information without any persuasion.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Draw Conclusions

• Conclusions are based solely on personal opinions.
• Conclusions can be made without any information.
• Conclusions are always correct regardless of the data.
• Conclusions come from analysis of information.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Infer

• To make a well informed guess.

• To summarize information without analysis.
• To ignore evidence and make assumptions.
• To guess without any basis.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Compare

• To summarize the main points.
• To analyze only the differences.
• To sort similarities and differences.

• To list unrelated facts.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Summarize

• Sum up the main points of a text.

• Translate the text into another language.
• Provide a personal opinion on the text.
• List all the details of a text.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Demonstrate

• To show or prove something through examples.

• To ignore or dismiss a subject entirely.
• To confuse or mislead someone about a topic.
• To hide something from view.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Contrast

• Contrast means the same.

• Contrast refers to the brightness of an image.
• Contrast is a type of color scheme.
• Contrast is the difference between things.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Describe

• To provide details about something.

• To summarize a topic briefly.
• To criticize a viewpoint or argument.
• To analyze the effects of a subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

Interpret

• To guess the meaning based on assumptions.
• To explain or understand the meaning of something.
• To ignore the meaning of something.
• To memorize information without understanding.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6