Literacy Academic Words
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| analyze | to examine critically or carefully
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| infer | to guess with evidence from the text
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| trace | sign or evidence
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| explain | to make plain or clear; understandable
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| summarize | to make a short version
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| support | back it up; to add info to help explain answer
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| compare | to find similarities among two or more things
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| contrast | to find differences among two or more things
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| predict | think about the future
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| describe | to tell in written or spoken words
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| formulate | to devise, create, or develop
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| evaluate | to judge
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| complete | to finish
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| apply | to put effort into
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| exercise | learning activity
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| detail | description
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| fact | something that can be proven true
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| approach | to come up to; meet
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| assert | to state something with confidence
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| conclude | to bring to an end
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| argue | to verbally disagree
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| identify | to recognize
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| consider | to think about something carefully
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| direct | to guide or to lead
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| consequence | the result of an action
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| assume | to take the role of
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| audience | the reader or readers in which the author intends to write for in his/her work
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| draft | a writing to build on
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| authentic | real
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| brainstorm | to actively think
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| genre | a class or category
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| edit | to revise or correct
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| context | words or phrases to help determine the meaning of other words or phrases
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| equal | same as
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| graph | a graph or chart that gives important information
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| cause | the reason or motive for an action
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| character | person, animal, or thing that plays a role in a story
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| copy | an exact replica of something
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| foreshadow | a clue or hint of what is to come later in a story
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| notice | to recognize
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| illustrate | to provide pictures to a story or book
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| objective | a goal in which one wants to reach; achievement in which one wants to attain
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| opinion | something that cannot be proven true
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| observe | to give attention to
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| rarely | seldom; infrequently; not often
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| inform | to supply with knowledge
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| order | an instruction or command
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| instructions | information or enlightenment
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| intent | purpose; design
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| passage | a portion or section of a written work
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| plan | a design or a specific project
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| root | the base word in which does not have a prefix or a suffix
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| prefix | a part of a word that is found in the beginning and modifies the meaning of that specific word
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| distinguish | to discover the differences of
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| label | to classify or identify
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| protagonist | the leading character who has good intentions, the good guy
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| antagonist | the character who is opposed to or competes against the protagonist, the bad guy
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| skim | to briefly read over a selection getting a general idea of what the selection is about
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| scan | reading to find a specific concept, term, or idea
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| locate | to identify the location of
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| list | to identify and write appropriate info, to list items in a specific order
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| prior | preceding in time or order; earlier, previous
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| margin | the space around the printed or written matter on a page
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| solve | to find the answer of
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| measure | to figure/find the dimensions of
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| never | not ever
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| citation | a written entry which is used for references; usually found in bibliography and works cited pages
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| chart | a map, or graphic representation
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| abbreviate | to shorten by omitting letters and/or using symbols
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| estimate | to form an approximate judgement; to round
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| effect | a consequence, result, or outcome
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| affect | the act on or change in
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| always | constant, never ending
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| event | an occurance
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| clue | a hint
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