Academic Vocabulary Practice 3B

To examine each part in order to interpret the information

• demonstrate

• analyze

• develop

• evaluate

To mention evidence from a text in your writing

• infer

• main idea

• trace

• cite

To find LIKENESSES between two things

• contrast

• paraphrase

• compare

• describe

To find DIFFERENCES between or among things

• cite

• compare

• evaluate

• contrast

To write or illustrate a step by step procedure that tells or shows how to do something

• structure

• point of view

• demonstrate

• theme

Tell or report in your own words

• describe

• evidence

• determine

• relevant

Pieces of information that support or tell more about the idea

• cite

• summarize

• details

• persuade

To conclude, choose, figure out, or come to a firm decision

• determine

• contrast

• point of view

• main idea

To create or produce

• distinguish

• evidence

• develop

• compare

To set apart, separate, tell apart, characterize, classify, categorize, or tell about the unique characteristics of something

• analyze

• relevant

• distinguish

• paraphrase