1. Larry Bell’s 12 Power Words
Mr. Bellisario

2. Pretest List in steps, steps to starting a car
Outline the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

3. Bell’s 12 Power Words Trace: Analyze: 3. Infer: 4. Evaluate:
a. Outline
b. List in steps
c. Follow the path
Analyze:
a. Break it into parts
b. Tell about the parts
3. Infer:
a. Read between the lines
b. What is the hidden meaning
4. Evaluate:
a. Judge it
b. Tell the good and the bad

4. Bell’s 12 Power Words 5. Formulate: 6. Describe: 7. Support:
a. Create
b. Put together
6. Describe:
a. Tell about
b. Paint a picture with words
7. Support:
a. Back it up or prove it with details
8. Explain:
Teach me or show me
tell me the steps
9. Summarize:
a. Tell the main idea
b. Tell the beginning, middle, and end

5. Bell’s 12 Power Words 10. Compare: 11. Contrast: 12. Predict: Similar
Same
11. Contrast:
a. Different
12. Predict:
a. What will happen next?

6. Trace List in steps Steps to starting a car
Put your key in the ignition.
Turn the key forward.
Outline
Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Baptist minister
B. Organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott
C. Civil Rights leader

7. Sample Extended Response Questions 1
Analyze the key of our football victory this Friday night.
To answer this question, we need to find the power word.
In this case, our power word is Analyze
Break it in to parts:
Defense played outstanding
Strong special teams

8. Sample Extended Response Questions 2
Do you think Germany was to blame for World War I? Explain why or why not
To answer this question, we need to find the power word.
In this case, our power word is EXPLAIN
Tell me why or why not you think Germany was to blame for World War I?