Understanding Text
Tell the facts, details
Break something down into parts
Analyze
Knowledge on which to base a belief
Evidence
Most important point the author makes
Central Idea
Find, point out, cite
Identify
Find likeness
Compare
Isolated facts that support ideas
Details
A unified idea
Theme
Make plain or define
Explain
Find differences
Contrast
Hold up, prove, help
Support
The vantage point from which a story is told
Point of View
Summarize
Deduce; Conclude; use information to make an educated guess
Infer
Quote
Cite
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Inference
Put in different words
Paraphrase
Combine to form a more complex problem
Synthesize
Summing up of an argument or text
Conclusions
the action of explaining the meaning of something
Interpretation