Vocabulary For Test Taking

Describe Tell how something LOOKS, SOUNDS, TASTES, FEELS or SMELLS. You can also tell how something is USED or behaves 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 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 Sort the information into GROUPS or tell what GROUPS something belongs to

Define State a complete and clear MEANING for a word 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 Tell how 2 things are LINKED to each other. Tell how one causes or affects the other

Compare Tell how 2 things are ALIKE Tell how 2 things are ALIKE

Contrast Tell how 2 things are DIFFERENT Tell how 2 things are DIFFERENT

Justify Try to show that something is RIGHT or TRUE by giving details 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 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 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 Give a STEP-BY-STEP explanation of how something happened