Academic Vocabulary

What does it mean to analyze something?

• To give a brief statement of the main points

• To look closely at something to understand it better

• To arrange information in a structured way

• To reach a decision

What is the purpose of summarizing?

• To support a belief or conclusion

• To explain the meaning of something

• To give a brief statement of the main points

• To compare two or more things

What does context refer to?

• The circumstances or background information

• The main points of a text

• The similarities between two things

• The importance of something

What is evidence used for?

• To reach a decision

• To support a belief or conclusion

• To arrange information

• To look closely at something

What does it mean to interpret something?

• To explain the meaning of something

• To convince someone to believe something

• To judge the importance of something

• To look at two things to find similarities

What is the goal of persuading someone?

• To give a brief statement

• To convince someone to believe or do something

• To reach a decision

• To arrange information

What does it mean to conclude?

• To look closely at something

• To reach a decision

• To explain the meaning of something

• To support a belief

What does it mean to compare?

• To look at two or more things to find the similarities

• To give a brief statement

• To arrange information

• To judge the importance of something

What does it mean to organize information?

• To support a belief

• To arrange information in a structured way

• To explain the meaning of something

• To reach a decision

What does it mean to evaluate something?

• To look closely at something

• To judge the importance, value, or quality

• To give a brief statement

• To compare two things