Academic Vocabulary

To make a judgment

• Compare

• Evaluate

• Identify

• Interpret

Note the difference between two or more things.

• Predict

• Contrast

• Evaluate

• Interpret

Tell what will happen next

• Predict

• Summarize

• Contrast

• Compare

To express the most important components of something in a concise manner.

• Summarize

• Compare

• Identify

• Interpret

Clarify

• To come to a decision based on information presented.

• To break down into parts and examine closely.

• Point out facts or details about something.

• To make something easier to understand by giving more details.

Analyze

• To come to a decision based on information presented.

• To break down into parts and examine closely.

• Point out facts or details about something.

• To make something easier to understand by giving more details.

Conclude

• To come to a decision based on information presented.

• To break down into parts and examine closely.

• Point out facts or details about something.

• To make something easier to understand by giving more details.

Explain

• To list the steps in order.

• To make something clear or understandable to others.

• To remember a fact, event, or situation.

• To back up or justify your answer with evidence.

Recall

• To list the steps in order.

• To remember a fact, event, or situation.

• The outcome of an event.

• To back up or justify your answer with evidence.

Trace

• To list the steps in order

• The outcome of an event

• To make an educated guess based on evidence and your personal experience.

• To remember a fact, event, or situation.