EOC essential vocabulary
- analyze--to separate into parts and examine
- apply--to bring together information from one situation and transfer it to another
- assume--to take upon oneself; to adopt
- affect--to influence the reader or cause a particular response in the reader
- compare--to examine the similarities and differences; emphasizing similarities
- contrast--to examine the differences
- convey--to communicate by statement, suggestion, or appearance
- convince-to persuade to a viewpoint based upon specific references to the passage
- describe--to tell or write about, using details
- elaborate--to add details, explanation, examples, or other information to improve understanding
- evaluate--to judge the reasonableness and quality of ideas
- explain--to respond to questions; to give one’s viewpoint’ to defend a viewpoint
- imagine/pretend--to form a notion or idea about something
- impression--feeling resulting something
- infer--to arrive (figure out/guess) at a conclusion after analyzing the facts
- justify--to defend or prove a response using specific examples
- predict--to estimate (guess) future events based upon present and past information.
- react--to respond
- reference--to cite (give) information in order to support a viewpoint
- represent/show/model--to serve as a sign of symbol
- summarize--to restate the main points in a brief manner
- details--the specific parts of a whole
- evidence--something that serves to illustrate or prove
- example--an instance that serves to illustrate
- fact--that which can be proven or verified
- feature--a characteristic of a passage
- illustration--a picture or drawing
- opinion--a belief or view about a manner (not fact)
- passage--a brief portion of a written work
- excerpt--a passage from a written work
- frequency--how often something occurs
- cite--to bring forward or call attention to
- trend--a prevailing tendency
- correlation--something that shows a relationship