Sunday, March 30, 2014

Tips for Taking the Test: Part Three

This post is going to be all about test-taking vocabulary.

Go to this site and watch the video. Pay attention to the words in white, then scroll down for the lyrics. Click on each word in blue to learn more about it: http://www.flocabulary.com/test-taking-vocabulary/

Describe: Give specific details that paint a verbal picture of what you are trying to write about

Identify: To find, to point out

Explain: Tell why something is the way it is

Infer: Make an educated guess based on the details in the text

Develop: To create and expand upon

Evaluate: Examine all the parts of a whole and make a judgement based on those parts

Justify: Provide facts, details, and evidence from the text to support your stance or your answer

Analysis: To break something down into parts and explain each one in detail

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