Academic Vocab
This writing is set up in steps. (Example: 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
What is Sequence?
The writing gives the event and what happened because of it
What is cause and effect?
This type of written response has one paragraph
What is an SCR?
Get a good night's sleep
What is the correct thing to do the night before the test?
A word that has similar meaning
What is a synonym?
reaching a conclusion or educated guess after examining evidence
What is infer/inference?
Writing that explains how things are the same and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
This type of written response have an intro, body paragraphs and a conclusion
What is an ECR?
Eat a good breakfast
What should you do the morning of the test?
The way a word is spoken
What is pronunciation?
To learn about something and how it works through detailed examination
What is analyze?
The writing has the issue and how to resolve it
What is Problem and Solution?
This includes the topic and question that your writing piece will answer
What is a prompt?
Read the question, underline key words and go over each answer choice
What should you do for every question?
These are words printed at the top of the page indicating the first and last words on that page
What are guide words?
arranging things in an order that makes them easy to find
What is organize?
The writing contains detailed words/phrases that show and not tell
What is description?
This part of an ECR contains a topic sentence, cited evidence and elaboration
What is a body paragraph?
I should look it up in the dictionary
What should I do if I don't understand/know a word?
This is how the dictionary is organized
What is alphabetical order?
To explain the similarities between 2 or more things
What is compare?
This shows the order of something correctly in time. An example of this is a timeline of someone's life.
What is chronological?
This is the sentence between your hook and thesis statement in your introduction
What is background info/bridge?
I should make an educated guess or come back to it later
What should I do if I don't know the answer to a question?
This is the way you shorten a word
What is abbreviation?