1. 12 POWERFUL WORDS

2. 12 Power Words Support Explain Summarize Compare Contrast Predict
Trace
Analyze
Infer
Evaluate
Formulate
Describe

3. Means to outline your steps.
Trace
Means to outline your steps.

4. ANALYZE
Break Apart
Study pieces

5. INFER
Read between the lines
Make an educated guess

6. EVALUATE Judge Tell the importance in your own words
Tell the good and the bad

7. FORMULATE
Create
Put together
Come up with a plan

8. DESCRIBE
Tell all about
Who, what, when, where, why, how

9. SUPPORT Give the facts Back up with details Tell why Give reasons

10. EXPLAIN
To tell HOW

11. SUMMARIZE Sum it up Give me the short version Retell KEY points
Give me a commercial

12. COMPARE
Alike
Tell ALL the ways they are alike or the same

13. CONTRAST
Different
Tell all the ways they are DIFFERENT

14. PREDICT What will happen NEXT or in the fUTURE
Tell what you think might happen.
Educated guess