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Academic Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Compare and Contrast | when you observe two or more objects to find there similarities and differences |
Cause and Effect | when one thing happens and resuts in another thing to happening |
Evaluate | when you think about a situation and think over the possible outcomes |
Demonstrate | show how something is done |
Structure | how something is made or built |
Charicteristics | the unique details about an object |
Elaborate | give lots of details about something |
Identify | examine or find out what species or what type of thing something is |
Determine | when you are sure what something is and you can put it into a specific category |
Justify | when you explain how your answer is right |
Defend | when you make sure people can't prove your answer wrong with evidence |
Support | when you add text info to explain your answer |
Analyze | when you comprehend the information you read |
Evidence | information that supports your answers |
Infer | when you comprehend things that aren't stated |
Central Idea | the main idea of the text you read |
Cite | when you list the different resources you used or reasons and pieces of information from the text |
Argument | when to sides have a conflict about a certain topic |
Reasoning | when you say why something is ow it is or you open up to other ideas |
Summarizing | when you tell the main events in a story instead of telling the whole story |
Supporting Details | details that help you explain something or answer a question |
Interpret | understand something; find out something |
Conclussion | the end of a paragraph or essay |
Context | text that helps define things like the setting |