12 POWERFUL WORDS

These 12 words can help you “BEAT” the MCT2!

12 Power Words

• Support • Explain • Summarize • Compare • Contrast • Predict • Trace • Analyze • Infer • Evaluate • Formulate • Describe

Trace

•Means to outline your steps.

ANALYZE

• Break Apart • Study pieces

INFER

• Read between the lines • Make an educated guess

EVALUATE

• Judge • Tell the importance in your own words • Tell the good and the bad

FORMULATE •Create •Put together •Come up with a plan

DESCRIBE

•Tell all about •Who, what, when, where, why, how

SUPPORT

• Give the facts • Back up with details • Tell why • Give reasons DETAILS

EXPLAIN • To tell HOW

SUMMARIZE • Sum it up • Give me the short version • Retell KEY points • Give me a commercial

COMPARE • Alike • Tell ALL the ways they are alike or the same

CONTRAST • Different • Tell all the ways they are DIFFERENT

PREDICT