Writing Response Vocabulary Analyze In your response the

Writing Response Vocabulary

Analyze • In your response, the text must be broken down and the parts examined and discussed.

Cite • In your response, you must give credit to the source of your evidence when using evidence to support your thesis or claim.

Compare • In your response, you must state what is the same AND what is the difference between the two things being compared. • You should also include examples that show things are similar or different.

Describe • In your response, you must use words that create a mental picture of what is being described for the reader. • Make sure you give characteristics and key features of what is being described.

Determine • In your response, you should show a solution to a problem using logical reasoning.

Demonstrate • In your response, show something is done.

Develop • In your response, show the author grew the ideas in the text from beginning to end. • Also, describe any parts of the text that were especially important to the growth of these ideas.

Explain • In your response, you should provide supporting details and show the connection between the explanation and the ideas to make the answer clear. • Focus on the cause and effect relationship or step by step consequences.

Justify • In your response, you must give reasons or evidence to show why an answer is correct. • Think to yourself: Why did I choose that specific answer?

Summarize • In your response, you should identify the central idea and give important details supporting it in the text.

Use information from the passage to support your answer. • In your response, you should use specific details from the passage to prove your answer.