Thinking Skills Notes….

1.    Analyze:  To determine the nature and parts.

2.    Connect: To place in relationship to something else.

3.    Contrast: To point out the differences.

4.    Compare: To point out similarities.

5.    Clarify: To make clear.

6.    Define: To determine the essential qualities.

7.    Distinguish: To point out the differences between two things.

8.    Explain: To make understandable.

9.    Evaluate: To determine the worth.

10.   Elaborate: To provide more detail and length.

11.    Infer: To determine based on evidence.

12.    Identify: To name.

13.   Interpret: To put into other words.

14.    Predict: To point out a future occurrence.

15.    Summarize: To tell in a shortened version.

16.   Synthesize: To bring together or combine.