Academic Vocabulary

What is the definition of analyze?

• To break down and look closely at

• To make an educated guess.

• To show

• To support or prove

What does determine mean?

• To make an educated guess

• To shorten the text to only include the main points

• To judge

• To figure out

What does the word justify mean?

• to show

• to make an educated guess

• to prove or support with evidence

• to get readers attention

What is the definition of demonstrate?

• to judge something

• to show something

• to create something

• to prove something

What does it mean to evaluate a text?

• to include correct punctuation

• to create an essay about something

• to form an idea about something

• to support your opinion with evidence

What is the definition of summarize?

• give a brief statement of the main points

• highlight the evidence in the passage

• show how the ideas are connected

• to identify the main idea

What does elaborate mean?

• identify the similarities between two things

• Give more information about a topic

• identify the differences between two things

• give a condensed form of the main points

What does it mean to compare two things?

• To talk about the differences

• To talk about the similarities

• To name the similes in both texts

• To name the point of view in both texts

What does it mean to contrast two things?

• To look at the similarities

• to look at the paragraph structures

• to look at the differences

• to look at the thesis statements

What does convey mean?

• to cite your evidence

• to make an educated guess

• to judge

• to communicate or make known