Vocabulary

The following Terms are Tier 2 general academic vocabulary that all students who are college and career bound need to know for adacdemic and professional success.

Note: Bold items are words that appear most frequently in the Common Core State Standards.

analyze/analysis

apply

appropriate

argue/argument

assess

audience

cite/citation

claim

clarify

closure

compare

compose

contrast

conventions

counterclaim

credible

critique

define

delineate

describe

design

detail(s)

determine

develop

dialogue

e.g.

evaluate

evidence

excerpt

explain

fact(s)

General Academic Vocabulary Word

formal style

formulate

identify

imagine

infer

integrate

interpret

justify

logical

mood

objective tone

organize/organization

paraphrase

passage

phrase

plagiarize

point of view

precise

predict

rank

reason

relevant

source

specific

sufficient

summarize

support

synthesize

text

theme

tone

transform