Vocab studying for Media Arts

Summarize

To organize and bring together the main points of a text or event

Contrast

To give an account of the similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations

Analyze

To break apart and study the pieces.

Contrast

To give an account of the similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations

Explain

To communicate clear characteristics, reasons, or causes

Describe

To communicate details

Evaluate

To make judgments and discuss advantages using set criteria

Define

To give precise meaning of a word

Diagram

To make a short summary of important ideas

Comment

To discuss briefly or share an observation

Infer

To draw a conclusion based on what is stated and what you already know

Support

To back up statements with facts, examples, and other details

Prove

To show that something is true using evidence

Determine

To figure out the only correct answer

Discuss

To share and consider arguments, comments, and ideas, often to answer a question or solve a problem

Identify

To recognize and share distinguishing facts or characteristics

Criticize

To give judgments; noting positive and negative parts

Distinguish

To identify and communicate the main differences between two things

Show

To communicate, explain, or make clear

Illustrate

To make clear using examples

Demonstrate

To make clear using reasons, evidence, or examples

Review

To going over a main points again in order to fix them in the memory or summarize

Interpret

To use your knowledge to make meaning from information

Relate

To show how things are connected