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Academic Vocabulary: Words That Do Real Work

English · Vocabulary · ages 11-14

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which sentence uses academic vocabulary correctly?
- The author looks at why the character is sad.
- The author analyses why the character is sad.
- The author gets into why the character is sad.
Which word is the best academic replacement for 'show' in an essay?
- convey
- talk about
- look at
Using a subject word like photosynthesis in a science paragraph counts as academic vocabulary.
Circle one: True False
Which sentence best uses a domain-specific term to explain government?
- The people who make laws work in a big building.
- The legislature debates and passes new laws.
- Some people decide on laws somewhere.
Choose the best academic verb: 'The essay must ___ its argument with evidence.'
- justify
- chat about
- kind of prove
Mia read the word imply in a story. Later she wrote in her own essay: 'The ending implies that the hero survives.' What did Mia do?
- She used a new word from reading in her own writing
- She copied a sentence without understanding it
- She avoided academic vocabulary
Tomas read the word evaluate in his science textbook. Which use shows he has truly learned it, not just recognized it?
- He can find evaluate when a teacher points to it.
- He writes in his own history essay: I will evaluate the causes of the war.
- He remembers what page evaluate was on.
Which sentence uses an academic word incorrectly?
- She justified her opinion with three reasons.
- She implied her opinion with three reasons.
- She evaluated her opinion using three reasons.

Answer key

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The author analyses why the character is sad. · Analyses is a precise academic verb. Looks at and gets into are casual phrases.
convey · Convey is a precise academic word for communicating an idea. Talk about and look at are casual phrases.
True · Yes. Domain-specific terms from a subject you studied are part of academic vocabulary.
The legislature debates and passes new laws. · Legislature is the precise term for the law-making body, which makes the sentence clearer than a vague description.
justify · Justify means to give good reasons for something, the exact word for supporting an argument with evidence.
She used a new word from reading in her own writing · Mia picked up imply from her reading and chose to use it in a sentence of her own.
He writes in his own history essay: I will evaluate the causes of the war. · Truly learning a word means choosing to use it yourself in new writing, not just recognizing or locating it.
She implied her opinion with three reasons. · Imply means to hint at something indirectly. You cannot imply an opinion with three reasons, since implying is indirect, not backed by reasons.