STAAR Grade 6 Reading: The Language of the Test, List 1

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  1. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  2. conclude
    decide by reasoning
  3. convey
    serve as a means for expressing something
  4. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
  5. demonstrate
    show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
  6. describe
    give an account or representation of in words
  7. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
  8. develop
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  9. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  10. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  11. example
    an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  12. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  13. feature
    a prominent attribute or aspect of something
  14. following
    about to be mentioned or specified
  15. highlight
    move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  16. identify
    recognize as being
  17. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  18. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  19. organize
    cause to be structured according to some principle or idea
  20. paragraph
    one of several distinct subdivisions of a text
  21. phrase
    an expression consisting of one or more words
  22. primary
    most important
  23. reason
    an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
  24. reveal
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  25. selection
    a passage chosen from a larger work
  26. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  27. state
    express in words
  28. suggest
    imply as a possibility
  29. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
  30. support
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Created on Fri Aug 13 10:56:59 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Aug 17 13:27:19 EDT 2021)

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