1. FCAT Power Words =

2. describe
To tell about, list details

3. explain To tell all about To tell what, why, and how
To teach someone else

4. summarize
To tell the important parts

5. support
To back up
To provide reasons or give examples

6. compare
To tell how things are alike

7. contrast
To tell how things are different

8. predict
To tell what may happen next
To make a guess based on facts

9. analyze
To think through
To break apart

10. evaluate
To make a judgment

11. formulate
To come up with
Make a plan

12. infer To figure out To “read between the lines”
What are they trying to say?

13. trace
To follow, track