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Critical Academic Vocabulary Set A

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

analyze

a)

to explain what happened

b)

to break something down into parts and examine closely

c)

to start at the beginning and tell the events in order

d)

I do not know.

2.

articulate

a)

being unclear

b)

fuzzy

c)

being clear

d)

I do not know.

3.

cite

a)

pointing things out

b)

to throw away

c)

to ignore

d)

I do not know.

4.

compare

a)

to find the likeness between two or more things

b)

to find how things are not alike

c)

I do not know.

5.

contrast

a)

to find how things are alike

b)

to find how things are different

c)

I do not know.

6.

comprehend

a)

misunderstand

b)

to answer questions

c)

to find meaning

d)

I do not know.

7.

demonstrate

a)

to explain with words only

b)

to hide the correct answer

c)

explain by using examples

d)

I do not know.

8.

describe

a)

to tell in words or writing the facts and/or details

b)

a person who writes things down

c)

I do not know.

9.

explain

a)

to give hints about something

b)

to tell something very well

c)

I do not know.

10.

identify

a)

to judge something

b)

to explain information

c)

to find information in text

d)

I do not know.

11.

infer

a)

to read between the lines

b)

to find the answer in text

c)

to ask someone "fer" the answer

d)

I do not know.

12.

retell

a)

to figure out why something happened

b)

to tell in your own words the main details from a text or event

c)

to tell about a similar situation that happened to you

d)

I do not know.

13.

explicit (evidence)

a)

items that are expensive

b)

details in a text that are right there

c)

details in a text that the reader must figure out

d)

I do not know.

14.

implicit (evidence)

a)

details from the text that the reader must figure out

b)

details that are right in the text

c)

rare

d)

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15.

genre

a)

a small person

b)

a category or type of book (text), song, etc.

c)

a group of books

d)

I don't know

16.

biography

a)

a map of a biome

b)

the story of someone's life

c)

the story of an event in history

d)

I do not know.

17.

figurative language

a)

to figure something out

b)

the words used to describe shapes

c)

a creative way to describe or make meaning clearer

d)

I don't know.

18.

central idea

main idea

a)

the most important point the author makes

b)

the part of the story that is in the middle

c)

the most interesting fact in the text

d)

I don't know.

19.

details

a)

the main part of the story

b)

to remove the tails from text

c)

the facts that support the big or main idea

d)

I don't know.

20.

connections

a)

the words that bring the text together

b)

the place to meet people

c)

these are made as a reader relates text to other text, life, world, etc.

d)

I don't know.