Academic Vocabulary Week 1

What is something you might analyze?

• Your hair in the mirror

• The parts of a dissected frog

• The reasons for your low grade in class

• Character traits of a protagonist

In what class are you MOST LIKELY asked to classify something for an assignment?

• math

• science

• art

• English

If you are asked to justify your decision to spend all of your allowance on a video game, what might you say?

• I liked it

• Not only will the game be fun, but it will also help me learn math and problem solving skills

• It's my money and I'll do what I want to do

• I looked carefully at the packaging and it was bright and colorful.

What does it mean to predict?

• research for more information

• look at something carefully

• select something based on criteria

• make a guess about what will happen

If I asked you summarize a story you read, what am I asking you to do?

• tell what will happen next in the story

• give a brief account with important information

• give me the background information about the author

• talk about the main character

If you ask your teacher to clarify the instructions for a project, what are you asking her to do?

• change the instructions

• make them easier to understand

• summarize the most important information

• look at them carefully

Which word is the best synonym for identify?

• confuse

• select

• summarize

• analyze

Which sentence clearly shows that the writer understands the meaning of examine?

• I examined the book.

• The doctor examined me.

• She examined the car and decided to buy it.

• He examined the dog carefully, inch by inch, to make sure that there were not ticks on his skin.

Which word is the best synonym for the word determine?

• establish

• create

• disprove

• ask

Which word is the best synonym for the word interpret?

• predict

• confuse

• translate

• analyze