Academic Vocabulary #11-20

contrast

• to identify the way things are the same

• to find the differences between things

• to show how to do something

• to express something clearly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

convey

• to quote, paraphrase, or refer to something

• to take or pull out information

• to decide if something is good or bad or right or wrong

• to communicate something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

demonstrate

• to show how to do something

• to explain what something is like

• to say something is true

• to discover or decide on something

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

describe

• to understand something completely

• to recognize something for a specific reason

• to put items in groups

• to explain what something is like

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

determine

• to tell more about something

• to discover or decide on something

• to identify ways that things are the same

• to communicate something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

develop

• to recognize something for a specific reason

• to decide if something is good or bad or right or wrong

• to look closely at the parts of something and see if they fit together in a way that makes sense

• to work on something over a period of time, during which it grows or changes

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

distinguish

• to express something clearly

• to say something is true

• to give or add something to a situation

• to recognize something for a specific reason

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

draw

• to take or pull out information

• to put things into groups

• to plan and do something

• to show how to do something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

elaborate

• to quote, paraphrase, or refer to something

• to understand something completely

• to tell more about something

• to work on something over a period of time, during which it grows or changes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

evaluate

• to say something is true

• to find the difference between things

• to decide if something is good or bad or right or wrong

• to identify the way things are the same

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D