Direction Words Are Your Guide! CRCT Vocabulary Practice

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Direction Words Are Your Guide!

CRCT Vocabulary Practice

On the CRCT,

EXPLAIN means:

In your own words, tell how or why

Tell aboutDiscuss

On the CRCT,

SUMMARIZE means:

Give the short versionTell the main ideas or the most important parts

Sum it up

So, what happened was . . .

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COMPARE means:Give all the likenesses or

similarities between two or more things

How are they alike?

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CONTRAST means:Tell all of the differences

between two or more ideas

How are they different?

On the CRCT,

DESCRIBE means:Tell about using the five

senses (touch, smell, scent, sound, and look)

Paint a picture using words

On the CRCT Conclusion means

The end or the close The final part The result The outcome

“What is the conclusion of the story?”

On the CRCT,

PREDICT means:Tell what you think will happen next

Make a guess about the next eventThink ahead

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SUPPORT means:

Back up with detailsGive reasons forGive the facts aboutDefend your ideas/ beliefs

On the CRCT,

EVALUATE means:

Tell the value ofIn your words, tell the good and bad parts

Put in rank orderJudge or rate

On the CRCT,

ANALYZE means:Break into parts

Study the individual pieces

Take apartLook at closer

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INFER means:Read between the linesMake an educated guessLook for hidden informationFigure outBe a detective!

Put togetherCome up withCreateMakeDesign

On the CRCT,

FORMULATE means:

Well, in my opinion . . .

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TRACE means:Write in order from beginning to end

List in stepsOutlineTrack or follow

On the CRCT,COMPOUND

means: More than one Look for two! Compound subject? Compound predicate? Compound sentence?

On the CRCT, the QUOTIENT is

The answer to a division problem!

8 ÷ 4 = 2

On the CRCT, DIVIDEND means

Divide this number It’s under the division bar! It’s probably the largest

number! It comes first in the division

sentence! 45 ÷ 9 = 5

On the CRCT, a DIVISOR is

the number you are dividing by…

the number of groups you are creating when you divide…

16 ÷ 2 = 8The number that sits outside

the division bar!

On the CRCT, DIFFERENCE

meansThe difference is the answer to a subtraction problem!

24 – 14 = 10

On the CRCT, PRODUCT means

The answer to a multiplication problem!

5 X 6 = 30

On the CRCT,

SUM means Add the numbers together to get your answer!

The answer to an addition problem… 5 + 10 = 15

On the CRCT,BEST choice

means The might be more than one that works, but which one works better than all the others?

On the CRCT,Also watch for…

Which does NOT… Which has the MOST… Which is BEST…You might see questions

about content written two different ways on the same test!

On the CRCT,

you are going to be a star!!!

Good Luck!