Domain-Specific Vocabulary

Domain-specific vocabulary means a set of words about a particular topic that someone needs to know in order to understand that topic.

• True

• False

Using domain specific vocabulary shows readers you know and understand the text.

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• False

A c.o.w. word is a word that is commonly overused.

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• False

C.O.W. words that you should try to avoid include:

• things

• stuff

• something

• habitat

Domain: James Madison

Check all of the words that would be considered domain-specific vocabulary for this topic.

• things

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Delegate

Domain: butterflies

Check all of the words that would be considered domain-specific vocabulary for this topic.

• caterpillar

• metamorphosis

• chrysalis

• pretty

Domain: President Johnson

Check all the words that would be considered to be domain specific vocabulary words.

• Voting Rights Act

• speech

• man

Which of the following definitions of the word right would be used in the domain of direction (the course along which something moves)?

• the opposite of left

• correct; true

• basic things to which human beings are entitled

Which of the following definitions of the word date would be used in the domain of baking (cooking food without exposure to direct flame, such as in an oven)?

• the day of the month of the year, as specified by a number

• the brown, oblong edible fruit of a palm, often used in cookies and breads

• a social or romantic meeting or appointment