BMS Academic Vocabulary

Analyze

• To look at it quickly

• To break it down into smaller parts and understand it

• To ignore it

• To put it together without thinking

Cite

• To copy it without permission

• To say where you got your information from

• To make up something new

• To explain it in detail

Compare & Contrast

• To find things that are similar or different between two things

• To only talk about the differences

• To write a long story

• To argue about which one is better

Describe

• To say what it looks like, sounds like, or feels like

• To just name it

• To ask questions about it

• To give it a nickname

Develop

• To come up with or develop ideas in a story by paying close attention and adding more details

• To break it apart and look at individual pieces by finding all the metaphors

• To ignore it because it doesn't matter

• To describe it using lots and lots of adjectives

Distinguish

• To say how ideas are exactly the same

• To show or notice how ideas are different

• To mix the ideas up to confuse us

• To combine ideas into a larger one

Elaborate

• To make an idea shorter

• To explain an idea with more detail

• To say an idea quickly

• To skip over an idea

Evaluate

• to understand an important event

• To find out if it's good or bad

• to find the differences in ideas

• To copy an idea from the internet

Illustrate

• To explain what’s happening in a story by examples

• an event; an occurrence

• to explain the meaning or significance

• to plan and arrange in an orderly manner

What does the word "Introduce" mean in reading?

• to help understand or highlight important parts of a text

• to act in close relation with another person

• To copy information from someone else

• To hide the true meaning from others