1. 12 Power Words Learn these words to help prepare you for end of grade tests!

2. Analyze Take apart or break down; break down into parts; look at closely; pick apart, think about.

3. COMPARE & CONTRAST Tell me what is alike or the same. Tell me what is different.

4. Describe Tell me about it; tell me everything through your 5 senses or the 5 Ws; Paint a picture with words to show you understand.

5. Evaluate See what you think and make a decision; make a judgment about; solve; tell me the good and the bad.

6. Explain  Tell me why  Make it clear  Help me understand  Tell me more  Tell about it

7. Formulate Create and come up with a plan to come up with; “Take and make”; design.

8. Infer Connect the clues; read the author’s mind; be a detective; use the author’s information and the information in your head to come up with your own answer; read between the lines.

9. PREDICT Give me a good guess! Think about the future! ? ? ? ? ?

10. Summarize Tell me the big ideas: tell me in one sentence or 30 seconds; wrap it up; briefly retell; give the important information; THE SHORT VERSION.

11. Support Back up with details; make me believe it; prove it; prove it using facts; give evidence.

12. Trace To go over; follow the trail, outline.