Test Taking Vocabulary #1
If a question is asking you to provide evidence for something, what is it asking you to do?
Give details from the text to support your answer.
If a question is asking you to describe something, what is it askign you to do?
Tell all about it using details.
If a question is asking you to explain something, what is it asking you to do?
If a question is asking you to support something, what is it asking you to do?
Back up with reason and evidence.
If a question is asking you to compare something, what is it asking you to do?
Tell all the ways they are the same.
If a question is asking you to contrast something, what is it asking you to do?
Tell all they ways they are different.
If a question is asking you to summarize something, what is it asking you to do?
Make it shorter. Tell only the important parts.
If a question is asking you to predict something, what is it asking you to do?
Tell what will happen next.
If a question is asking you to analyze something, what is it asking you to do?
Break into parts and examine closely.
If a question is asking you about the genre of a text , what is it asking you to do?
Tell if the book is fiction or nonfiction.
If a question is asking you to evaluate something, what is it asking you to do?
Judge the value or worth.
If a question is asking you to infer something, what is it asking you to do?
Find what is not directly said or stated.