Academic Vocabulary 1

Match the vocabulary term to the definition

• Describe

• • to write about a subject in detail, using imagery.

• Evaluate

• to write about the separate the parts of something and then tell how it relates to the text overall (theme).

• Discuss

• • to write about in detail, demonstrating a logical connection of ideas.

• Analyze

• •  to write a judgment or argument using details as proof.

• Explain

• • to write about in detail.

Match the following

• Extended

• • a response that answers a prompt in one to two well explained paragraphs.

• Evidence

• quotations or paraphrased information from the text that proves a idea or argument.

• Short or Constructed

• to write about in detail, usually a step by step progression of information.

• Support

• a response that answers a prompt in three to four well explained paragraphs.

• Trace

• • to prove an idea or argument with evidence from the text.

• to write about the separate the parts of something and then tell how it relates to the text overall (theme).

• a response that answers a prompt in one to two well explained paragraphs.

• a response that answers a prompt in three to four well explained paragraphs.

to write about in detail, usually a step by step progression of ideas or information

• evaluate

• analyze

• trace

• explain

to write a judgment or argument using details as proof

• argue

• evaluate

• trace

• explain

to write about in detail, using imagery

• describe

• evaluate

• assess

• explain

_______ means to prove ideas through evidence from the text.

____________ is quotes or information from the text that proves an idea.