Academic Vocabulary #1

to cause a change

• affect

• argue

• discuss

• determine

to learn about the relationship between the parts of something through detailed examination

• apply

• assess

• analyze

• claim

to use an idea in a particular situation

• compare

• apply

• critique

• analyze

to give reasons in favor of or against something

• argue

• consider

• demonstrate

• apply

to judge something

• argue

• cite

• context

• assess

to mention an idea from a text to support your opinion

• critique

• cite

• assess

• demonstrate

to say that something is true when others say it is not

• consider

• argue

• claim

• determine

to explain the similarities between two (or more) things

• contrast

• compare

• determine

• claim

to think about something carefully in order to make a decision

• determine

• demonstrate

• assess

• consider

the conditons in which something happens

• assess

• context

• critique

• determine