Academic Vocabulary List #1

to use your prior knowledge to answer the

question

• Apply

• Clarify

• Compare

• Contrast

to explain the parts and meaning of something

• Evaluate

• Analyze

• Emphasize

• Illustrate

to quote as an example, authority, or proof

• Support

• Determine

• Explain

• Cite

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to make easier to understand

• Clarify

• Explain

• Define

• Interpret

to examine in order to discover likenesses

or differences

• Contrast

• Summarize

• Compare

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to compare two persons or things so as to show

the differences between them

• Compare

• Contrast

• Clarify

• Cite

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to give the meaning of

• Identify

• Determine

• Clarify

• Define

to find out or come to a decision (determine the

answer to the problem)

• Determine

• Cite

• Support

• Draw Conclusions

to make a final decision that is reached by

reasoning

• Cite

• Draw Conclusions

• Explain

• Determine

to stress the importance of

• Identify

• Emphasize

• Evaluate

• Analyze