ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
7TH HONORS
ANALYZE
Definition: break something down into its parts
Synonyms: examine, study, scrutinize, explore
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ANALYZE
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Analyze
Break it down into parts
Because Anna lies, we have to
analyze what she says to find
out what is true.
SYNONYM:
examine
ANTONYM:
neglect
analyze
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ARTICULATE
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Articulate
Express clearly
Jimmy anticipates that he will
need to articulate when
selling newspapers door to
door.
SYNONYM:
clear
ANTONYM:
unintelligible
articulate
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CITE
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Cite
Note, quote, refer to,
point out
Because Neldon did not
cite his sources, he
basically stole someone
else’s ideas and used
them as his own.
SYNONYM:
quote
ANTONYM:
deny
cite
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COMPARE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: find likenesses
between two or more things
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CONTRAST
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: find
differences between two or
more things
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COMPREHEND
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: get the picture,
understand, dig it, grasp,
catch on, find meaning
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DELINEATE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: describe in
detail; outline
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DEMONSTRATE
WRITE THE WORD
DEMONSTRATE: describe or
explain by examples
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DESCRIBE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: depict in
words, tell in your own words
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DETERMINE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: conclude,
decide, choose
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DEVELOP
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: elaborate or
expand in detail
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DISTINGUISH
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: set apart,
separate, tell apart,
characterize, classify,
categorize
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DRAW
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: take or pull
out
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EVALUATE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: find value,
judge, appraise
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EXPLAIN
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: tell about
something so people clearly
understand it
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IDENTIFY
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: isolate, point
out, find, discover, cite
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INFER
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: deduce;
conclude; use information to
make educated guesses based
on prior knowledge
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INTEGRATE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: put together,
combine
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INTREPRET
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: describe what
you have found out
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ORGANIZE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: arrange,
classify, order, consolidate,
unify
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REFER
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: mention or
direct for information
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SUGGEST
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: propose as
fitting
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SUMMARIZE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: make a short
statement of the main points
or main idea of a passage
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PARAPHRASE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: put the
author’s words into your own
words; make it easier to
understand
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SUPPORT
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: hold up,
prove, help
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SYNTHESIZE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: combine to
form a more complex product
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TRACE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: follow the
course or development of;
find or discover by
investigation
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ALLITERATION
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: words in a row
with the same initial
consonant sound(The same
sound starts words and
syllables.)
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ANALOGY
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: figuring out
how things are related; a
similarity between like features
of two things, on which a
comparison may be based;
when two different things share
characteristics that lead to a
comparison between them
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ARGUMENT
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: a reason or set
of reasons that something is
true based on evidence
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CENTRAL/MAIN IDEA
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: most
important point the author
makes, main point
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CONCLUSIONS
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: making up
your mind based on evidence
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CONNECTIONS
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: relating what
you read to something else
you know
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CONNOTATIVE LANGUAGE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: the association
that a word brings to mind;
emotion determines the
defintion
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: changes the
literal meaning, to make a
meaning fresh or clearer, to
express complexity, to capture a
physical or sensory effect, or to
extend meaning
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MEANING
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DETAILS/KEY DETAILS
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: isolated facts;
points of information
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EVIDENCE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: knowledge on
which to base a belief; facts or
information helpful in forming a
conclusion or judgment; details
that support an assumption
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ILLUSTRATIONS
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: visual material
used to clarify or add to a text
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METAPHOR
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DEFINITION: an indirect
comparison; an implied comparison
using a form of the verb “to be,”
(usually: is or are) DOES NOT have
to have the verb to be a metaphor if
stating one thing is another with the
“is”
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SIMILE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: a direct
comparison using like, as, or
than
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POINT OF VIEW
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: the vantage
point of which a story is told
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RHETORIC
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DEFINITION: language
designed to have a persuasive
or impressive effect on its
audience; the art of writing or
speaking effectively
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STANZA
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: a fancy poetry
term for a paragraph in poem
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STRUCTURE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: how the
information within a text is
organized
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THEME
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DEFINITION: a unified idea
carried through a text; the
universal idea that an author
is trying to get across (could
be lesson learned)
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TONE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: the author’s
attitude or outlook
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MOOD
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: the way the
author makes the reader feel
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CLASSIFY
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DEFINITION: arrange in
classes according to shared
qualities
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CATEGORIZE
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DEFINITION: putting
classified items into smaller
groups
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EXPLICITLY
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: fully and
clearly expressed
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IMPLICITLY
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: to indicate or
express without stating
directly or clearly
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RECOGNIZE
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: identify
something you have seen
before
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RECOUNT
WRITE THE WORD
DEFINITION: give an
account of an event or an
experience; retell in detail and
in order
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