Academic Testing Vocabulary

To present a clear, detailed picture of something

To note details about something

• explain

• describe

• summarize

• sensory details

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• Analyze

• Inference/Infer

• Summarize

• Compare

To give the meaning (definition) of something

• support

• evaluate

• define

• interpret

⭐to directly quote or reference evidence from a source

• support

• evaluate

• cite

• interpret

to convince someone to think or act in a specific way

• Claim / Argue

• Persuade/Argue/

  Convince

• Cite / RACE

• narrative/essay

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• contrast

• describe

• defer

• demonstrate

To make something more clear or visible

• illustrate

• explain

• extend

• cite

to note the differences

• evaluate

• interpret

• contrast

• compare

Compare means to note the similarities between things (how two or more things are alike)

• evaluate

• interpret

• contrast

• compare

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

• Analyze

• Inference/Infer

• Summarize

• Compare