Academic Vocabulary

to examine carefully; separate into parts

• analyze
• most likely
• effectively
• represent

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

to describe something

• characterize
• narrator
• elaborate
• significance

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

arranged in time order

• chronological
• paraphrase
• emphasize
• summarize

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

to make an idea clear

• clarify
• passage
• evaluate
• value

to examine similarities and differences

• compare
• predict
• evaluate
• analyze

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

to bring to an end or decide

• conclude
• previous
• express
• characterize

the final part that sums-up main points or opinion reached

• conclusion
• relevant
• identify
• chronological

to stand against or take the opposite opinion

• contradict
• represent
• imply
• clarify

to be in agreement or similar

• correspond
• significance
• incorporate
• compare

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

to explain the difference

• differentiate
• summarize
• infer
• conclude