Academic Vocabulary Quiz

What does it mean to analyze something?

• To give reasons in favor of or against something

• To use an idea in a particular situation

• To learn about the relationship between the parts of something through detailed examination

• To cause a change

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does it mean to assess something?

• To judge something

• To say that something is true when others say it is not

• To explain the similarities between two (or more) things

• To mention an idea from a text to support your opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does it mean to cite something?

• To mention an idea from a text to support your opinion

• To prove something is true by giving evidence

• To recognize the differences between two (or more) things

• To share information, opinions, and ideas about something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does it mean to evaluate something?

• To carefully consider the value of something

• To study or analyze some situation or thing

• To show who or what something is

• To repeat what someone else has said in your own words

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does it mean to infer something?

• To explain or decipher the meaning of something

• To disagree with something

• To reach a conclusion after examining the evidence

• To arrange things in an order that makes them easy to find

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does it mean to paraphrase something?

• To recognize the differences between two (or more) things

• To repeat what someone else has said in your own words

• To share information, opinions, and ideas about something

• To prove something is true by giving evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does it mean to recall something?

• To remember something

• To look back at or mention something

• To retell a main idea in fewer words than the original

• To obtain and use information

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does it mean to refer to something?

• To make changes so that something is not always the same

• To prove that something is correct

• To remember something

• To look back at or mention something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does it mean to summarize something?

• To share information, opinions, and ideas about something

• To recognize the differences between two (or more) things

• To prove something is true by giving evidence

• To retell a main idea in fewer words than the original

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does it mean to verify something?

• To share information, opinions, and ideas about something

• To prove that something is correct

• To repeat what someone else has said in your own words

• To recognize the differences between two (or more) things

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D