8th Grade Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary

What is the correct definition of Summarize?

• give the short version; sum it up

• a form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to anticipate and foresee forthcoming events and information

• restate the meaning of something in different words

What is the correct definition of annotate?

• the process of two or more people working together

• marking a text with notes and/or comments Using a highlighter/map color is necessary

• A general agreement; consent

What is the correct definition of Collaboration?

• the process of two or more people working together

• any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

• the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium,

What is the correct definition of Inference?

• any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

• a logical guess made by connecting bits of information

• the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium,

What is the correct definition of Correspondence?

• any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

• a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

• the process of two or more people working together

What is the correct definition of Editing?

• a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

• a logical guess made by connecting bits of information

• marking a text with notes and/or comments

What is the correct definition of Audience?

• a form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to anticipate and foresee forthcoming events and information

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium,

What is the correct definition of Consensus?

• A general agreement; consent

• restate the meaning of something in different words. restate the meaning of something in different words.

• a logical guess made by connecting bits of information

What is the correct definition of prediction?

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• restate the meaning of something in different words.

• a form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to anticipate and foresee forthcoming events and information

What is the correct definition of

paraphrase?

• a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

• restate the meaning of something in different words

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.