Academic Words

Academic vocabulary: __________: on the outside

• intellectual

• explosive

• internal

• external

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the meaning of "Paraphrase"?

• To express something in new words, usually in order to make the meaning clearer for the reader

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• To show or prove that something is correct; to defend an idea

• To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Every room in the five-star hotel was filled with ​ (a)   furnishings.

• lavish

• peripheral

• menagerie

• occult

• fledgling

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

To cast doubt on the truth or value of something

• justify

• alternative

• discredit

• assumption

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is to break down into constituent parts; to dissect; to dismantle?

• Deconstruct

• Delineate

• Compare

• Synthesize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

• variation

• conjecture

• analysis

• percentage

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

not qualified or diminished in any way; total.

• absolute

• analysis

• conjecture

• interval

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.

• conjecture

• initial

• analysis

• percentage

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which word means 'to make something clearer or easier to understand'?

• A) Clarify

• B) Obfuscate

• C) Complicate

• D) Confuse

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the academic term for 'a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something'?

• A) Analysis

• B) Synthesis

• C) Hypothesis

• D) Conjecture

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D