Academic Vocabulary #3 (Marzano list)

You put things in a group.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Contribute

• Categorize

You bring something into being or existence.

• Recall

• Generate

• Classify

• Describe

Identify ways things are the same.

• Compare

• Contrast

• Elaborate

• Evaluate

Identify ways things are different.

• Achieve

• Compare

• Contrast

• Produce

You figure out what you think it means.

• Interpret

• Explain

• Locate

• Articulate

You express it clearly.

• Collaborate

• Articulate

• Synthesis

• Contribute

You decide if it is good or bad or right or wrong.

• Summarize

• Describe

• Evaluate

• Critical

You explain what something is like.

• Describe

• Synthesis

• Reason

• Collaborate

You try something out to see how well it works.

• Defend

• Test

• Emphasis

• Decompose

When you find a way to solve a problem or do something.

• Predict

• Explain

• Visualize

• Figure out