Turner
Middle
School
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Great
100
Tell or show how things are different
What is Contrast
100
Answer who, what, when, why, where, and why about a topic.
What is Identify?
100
Write detailed information about a topic. Use details to create a picture for the reader.
What is Describe?
100
Explain what the subject or topic means.
What is Define?
100
Tell or show how things are alike.
What is Compare?
200
To Provide a List
What is Name?
200
Use examples to explain your answers
What is Illustrate?
200
Give a step-by-step explanation of how something works.
What is Explain?
200
Put events in order that they happened.
What is Sequence?
200
Group people or things according to category. Then, explain how they go together.
What is Classify?
300
Use Facts and Details to show that something is true
What is Prove?
300
Give reasons why a topic or idea is important
What is Justify?
300
Organize facts and details into main points and sub-points.
What is Outline?
300
Use examples or analogies (related words) to give meaning.
What is Interpret?
300
Summarize the important points of a topic.
What is Review?
400
Show how things are connected or related. To Tell how one affects the other.
What is Relate?
400
Restate or explain the main points of an idea or topic
What is Summarize?
400
Give the reasons you agree with a given statement or position, or to argue in favor of your own opinion.
What is Support?
400
Tell how the main ideas and details are related and why they are important.
What is Analyze?
400
Use information to make a graph, drawing, chart, or organizer. Label parts and write a brief description on the visual information.
What is Diagram?
500
Select the main ideas in the prompt and list them one at at time.
What is Enumerate?
500
Give your ideas on the topic. Keep your ideas short and to the point.
What is State?
500
Use your opinion or an expert's opinion to tell why an idea or subject is important. Present both the good and bad points of an idea.
What is Evaluate?
500
Look at an idea or details of an idea. Draw a conclusion based on these details.
What is Discuss?
500
Provide the strengths and weaknesses of a topic.
What is Criticize?
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