Vocabulary

For Test Taking

Describe

Tell how something LOOKS, SOUNDS, TASTES, FEELS or SMELLS. You can also tell how something is USED or behaves

List

Write the names of people, things or steps in a process

Classify/Categorize

Sort the information into GROUPS or tell what GROUPS something belongs to

Define

State a complete and clear MEANING for a word

Relate

Tell how 2 things are LINKED to each other. Tell how one causes or affects the other

Compare

Tell how 2 things are ALIKE

Contrast

Tell how 2 things are DIFFERENT

Justify

Try to show that something is RIGHT or TRUE by giving details

Explain

Provide all the DETAILED information you can about a subject. Give reasons clearly and completely

Evaluate

Give the GOOD and BAD points about a subject. You may state your opinion about whether the good points OUTWEIGH the bad

Trace / Order

Give a STEP-BY-STEP explanation of how something happened