What was the author’s purpose for writing this text?

Which statement summarizes this text?

A student explains how a historical event impacted modern society. Which powerful word describes what they are doing?

A teacher asks students to break down a poem and explain its deeper meaning. Which powerful word describes this process?

“Their inventive phase will undoubtedly lead to a compelling innovative phase far from the Cambridge-based campus.” What does the word INNOVATIVE MEAN?

A scientist studies an experiment’s results and explains how one event caused another. Which powerful word best describes this action?

To break something down into parts and examine it

To tell how two things are alike

In the story Concrete SourceL MIT Scientists Turn the Concrete Jungle, what does the word FLAT means?

A coach watches two basketball teams play and determines which team has the better strategy. Which powerful word describes what the coach is doing?

A detective looks at footprints and fingerprints at a crime scene to make an educated guess about what happened. Which powerful word describes this process?

To provide evidence to back up an answer