Academic Vocabulary

What does the word SUPPORT mean?

• provide evidence

• tell the steps

• tell all the ways they are the same

What does it mean to EXPLAIN?

• tell the steps, teach me

• tell the key points and main idea

• tell all the ways they are different

What does SUMMARIZE mean?

• tell the steps

• tell the key points and main idea, or tell the beginning, middle, and end.

• provide evidence

What does it mean to compare?

• tell all the ways they are different

• tell all the ways they are the same

• to judge, tell good and bad

What does the word CONTRAST mean?

• tells all the ways they are different

• think carefully, come to a decision or opinion

• to judge, tell the good and bad

What does it mean to ANALYZE?

• to break it down in parts and study closely

• think carefully, come to a decision

What does it mean to CONCLUDE?

• break it down in parts and study closely

• think carefully, come to a decision or opinion

What does it mean to EVALUATE?

• tell all the ways they are different

• to judge, tell good and bad

• break it down in parts and study closely

How would you DESCRIBE?

• tell about it, give details

• story clues plus what i know= the hidden meaning

• opposites

What does the word INFERENCE mean?

• break it down into parts and study closely

• Background knowledge + the text clues

  (what I know+what I read)

• antonyms