Academic Vocabulary

Define the underline term.

Including details in the paragraph, the author most likely hopes to convey that...

• practice

• operated

• find out

• to show and make known

To convince someone of your idea(s) on something through logic or reasoning

• infer

• analyze

• persuade

• evidence

Making a claim and supporting it using logic is:

• persuasion

• claim

• argument

• evidence

The word concerned means...

• knowledge

• hard surface to walk on

• troubled by

• an argument

What does infer mean?

• To smell

• To Taste

• To Feel

• To predict

What does the vocabulary word explain mean?

• to make clear and provide the reason for something.

• a group of words in large print

• a map with horizontal lines

What does the vocabulary word details mean?

• information that supports the main idea or topic

• a group of animals

• heavy, dark print

What does the vocabulary word evidence mean?

• words or sentences that provide proof

• to buy an item

• a grid map

What does the vocabulary word appeals mean?

• a word that means the opposite of another word

• to get the reader's attention

• an author's viewpoint

What does the vocabulary word __synthesize__ mean?

• A) To combine different ideas to create a new understanding

• B) To separate into parts

• C) To memorize information

• D) To repeat information