Academic Vocabulary: Explanatory Text Page 395

Which word means to examine something closely in detail?

• a) Analyze

• b) Subordinate

• c) Literal

• d) Determine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means to place something or someone in a lower or less important position?

• a) Analyze

• b) Subordinate

• c) Literal

• d) Determine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means taking words or phrases in their usual or most basic sense without metaphorical interpretation?

• a) Analyze

• b) Subordinate

• c) Literal

• d) Determine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means to find out or ascertain something with certainty?

• a) Analyze

• b) Subordinate

• c) Determine

• d) Trivialize

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which word means to make something seem less important or significant than it really is?

• a) Analyze

• b) Subordinate

• c) Determine

• d) Trivialize

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4