Vocab List#2: Academic Vocab

If a prompt ask you to describe something, you must....

• answer a question in complete sentences

• compare similar things

• Find the differences

• give details

A teacher grades a test for a student. The teacher...

• evaluates

• analyzes

• connotes

• justifies

A person wants to make a bet on a football game. He chooses who he ____ will win.

• predicts

• analyzes

• develops

• describes

She was asked to find a difference between the two pictures. She must....

• compare

• contrast

• predict

• develop

After reading the book, I had to write a report on it where I ____ the information I read.

• predict

• summarize

• compare

• justify

When you make an inference, you draw a conclusion based on ___

• predictions

• summaries

• evidence

• developments

I was asked to develop my essay. I need to ____

• take out some words

• add more details

• get help from someone

• rewrite my essay

The person was asked to identify his attacker. He was asked to ___

• react with his emotions

• provide his opinion

• provide evidence

• provide a witness

I was asked to identify the central idea. What do I have to do?

• Compare the central idea

• create a central idea

• find the central idea of the text

• reread the text

The detective gathered the evidence he had and made an arrest. The detective made an...

• inference

• It made students feel bad

• It bled through the paper

• It was hard to see