Indiana Academic Vocabulary List 1

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• analyze

• summary

• evidence

• explicit

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

• context

• plot

• tone

• summary

find a numerical expression or equivalent for (an equation, formula, or function).

• context

• explicit

• evaluate

• summary

the quality or state of being correct or precise.

• accuracy

• Media

• summary

• episode

the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.

• cite

• audience

• resolution

• context

quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

• textual evidence

• accuracy

• media

• cite

the main means of mass communication

• central idea

• plot

• media

• inference

stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

• evidence

• central idea

• cite

• explicit

examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

• annalyze

• cite

• media

• evaluate

the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

• media

• audience

• context

• plot