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Direction Words: Definitions

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 2 Prove or give reasons.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 3 Prove or give reasons. Justify

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 4 Discuss advantages and disadvantages with your opinion.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 5 Discuss advantages and disadvantages with your opinion. Evaluate

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 6 Give meaning, but no detail.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 7 Give meaning, but no detail. Define

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 8 State particulars in detail.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 9 State particulars in detail. Describe

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 10 Emphasize similarities, but also present differences. »

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 11 Emphasize similarities, but also present differences. » Compare

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 12 Give concrete illustrations from your book, notes, or experience.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 13 Give concrete illustrations from your book, notes, or experience. Give an Example

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 14 Give reasons pro and con with details.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 15 Give reasons pro and con with details. Discuss

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 16 Show how things interconnect.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 17 Show how things interconnect. Relate

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 18 Back up a statement with facts and proof.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 19 Back up a statement with facts and proof. Support

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 20 Give your judgment of good points; then give the limitations with evidence.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 21 Give your judgment of good points; then give the limitations with evidence. Criticize

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 22 Give main points from beginning to end.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 23 Give main points from beginning to end. Trace

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 24 Organize and bring together main points only.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 25 Organize and bring together main points only. Summarize

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 26 Give differences only.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 27 Give differences only. Contrast

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 28 Describe the steps that lead to an event or situation.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 29 Describe the steps that lead to an event or situation. Cause and Effect

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 30 Give an example.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 31 Give an example. Illustrate

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 32 Now that you are more familiar with the exact meaning of the direction words, let’s work with them. Your Topic is Memory Principles. Write some possible questions using the direction words. Define each of the memory principles. Discuss how the memory principles are used in the label in the margin system. Give an Example of using visualization. Evaluate your use of the memory principles. Compare association with basic background. Practice writing questions using direction words for a topic you think will be on a test helps you be better prepared. Practice on the topic given at the top of the next slide.

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 33 Your topic is the college you have chosen to attend. Choose four of the direction words below and write a test question for each about that topic. EvaluateIllustrateJustifyRelateGive an Example Give Cause and Effect SummarizeSupportTraceCompare ContrastCriticizeDefineDescribeDiscuss

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.8 | 34 Reflection Exercise In your notes explain why practice writing questions makes you better at answering them.