1. Academic Vocabulary
Week #1

2. analyze to break or separate an idea or thing into parts
an examination of the whole in order to examine its various parts
Synonyms: evaluate, investigate, study, examine
Antonyms: compose, compound, construct

3. compare
to notice or study similarities and differences between objects, beings, and events
Synonyms: analyze, collate, contrast, distinguish, consider,

4. describe
to tell or write so that a person can “see” or visualize in their minds
to tell about using words
Synonyms: relate, depict, narrate, recite, picture
Antonyms: confound, mystify

5. infer
to draw conclusions, interpret, and try to explain observations; read between the lines
to conclude or decide from evidence at hand
Synonyms: presume, gather, conclude, deduce

6. retell
to the the same news or story over again; recite

7. Central idea
the main idea; what a story/report is about

8. metaphor
a comparison of two unlike things which does NOT use like

9. articulate
to speak clearly and well
put into words or an expression

10. develop
create or explain something by using reasons, facts, and examples
to create progress or improve
Synonyms: elaborate, expand, build up
Antonyms: obscure, stifle

11. evaluate place a value on; judge the worth of something
to examine and judge carefully

12. paraphrase express the same message in different words
to use your own words to tell what you’ve read, heard, or seen

13. support ideas that support the central/main idea
back up with files, figures, or examples
Synonyms: sustain, reinforce

14. analogy
show how one word is related to another

15. connections the act of bringing two things into contact
Relate characters, events, or situations to your own life

16. illustrations
picture, diagram, map, etc., used to explain or make something clear
a visual, or drawing

17. point of view
the angle from which a story is told…ex. 1st person, 3rd person

18. structure
something made up of parts that are put together in a particular way
text structure – how text is put together

19. tone
the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters, such as serious or humorous
the overall emotional feeling of a story or poem

20. establish to set up or start from the beginning; to set up
Synonym: build, constitute, organize, create

21. convey
to express, make known, communicate