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AnalyzeAnalyze

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

COMPARE & CONTRASTCOMPARE & CONTRAST

Tell me what is Tell me what is alike or the same.alike or the same.

Tell me what is Tell me what is different. different.

DescribeDescribe

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

EvaluateEvaluate

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

ExplainExplain

Tell me whyTell me why Make it clearMake it clear Help me understandHelp me understand Tell me moreTell me more Tell about itTell about it

FormulateFormulate

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

InferInfer

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

PREDICTPREDICT

Give me a Give me a good guess! good guess! Think about Think about the future!the future!

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SummarizeSummarizeTell me the big

ideas: tell me in one

sentence or 30 seconds; wrap it up; briefly retell;

give the important

information; THE SHORT

VERSION.

SupportSupport

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

Trace Trace

To go over; follow the trail,

outline.