Trace

• outline
• list in steps

Analyze

• break apart
• study the pieces

Infer

• a good guess
• read between the lines

Evaluate

• judge
• in your own words

Formulate

• put together
• create

Describe

• tell about
• tell all about

Support

• give the fact
• back up with details

Explain

• tell how
• put in your own words

Summarize

• sum it up
• give me the short version

Compare

• alike
• all the ways they are alike

Contrast

• different
• all the ways they are different

Predict

• make a guess
• what will happen next