Academic Vocabulary

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What does it mean to support your answer with details from your own experience or the text?

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To provide evidence that backs up your ideas or conclusions.

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What is the term for support from the text that backs up your ideas, inferences, or conclusions?

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Evidence.

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What does it mean to analyze something?

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To separate it into main parts and look carefully at each part.

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What does it mean to summarize a text?

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To restate the important ideas or events from a text in a shorter way.

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What does it mean to compare two things?

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To show how things are alike or similar.

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What is the definition of evidence in academic vocabulary?

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Proof or support from the text that backs up ideas or conclusions.

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What does it mean to infer?

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To draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.

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What is the purpose of a strategy in writing?

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To plan a method for achieving a specific goal in writing.

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What does it mean to contrast?

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To show how things are different.

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What is the definition of a text in academic vocabulary?

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Any written material that conveys information or ideas.