Analyze This
To judge the value or quality of a text.
What is evaluate?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
To identify the differences between two things.
What is contrast?
A clue that uses a word with a similar meaning.
What is a synonym?
This Greek root means "life" (e.g.,
What is bio?
A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.
What is inference?
An extreme, intentional exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
How a text is built or organized.
What is structure?
A clue that uses a word with the opposite meaning.
What is an antonym?
This Latin root means "hand" (e.g., manual).
What is man/manu?
To examine a text in detail to explain how parts work together.
What is analyze?
Giving human qualities to non-human objects.
What is personification?
A text organization that lists events in time order.
What is chronological?
This word means "very hungry," often solved via context clues.
What is famished?
This Greek root means "writing" or "drawing".
What is graph/gram?
A brief account of a text free from personal opinions.
What is an objective summary?
The emotional or cultural meaning of a word.
What is connotative?
Evidence that is closely connected to the topic.
What is relevant evidence?
A strategy where you plug a new word into the sentence to see if it works
What is substitution?
This Latin root means "to say or tell" (e.g., dictation).
What is dic/dict?
To explain the meaning of information or actions.
What is interpret?
A comparison of two unlike things without "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
A structure where the author explains how one event leads to another.
What is cause and effect?
: Clues that provide a direct definition of a word in the sentence.
What is an explanation clue?
This Latin root means "to see or look" (e.g., inspect).
What is spec/spect?