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Academic Vocabulary 2: Analysis
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Academic Vocabulary 2
Connect details, compare alternatives, and make your reasoning visible in four original school tasks.
- Lesson 5
Read beneath the surface
Repair the club-fair invitation
For: Students deciding whether to visit the fair, with an editor’s note for the student fair team.
- Lesson 6
Examine relationships
Choose a fair test for shorter waits
For: The librarian and student helpers who will run the next four lunch sessions.
- Lesson 7
Make precise comparisons
Recommend a room for peer review
For: The student council member making the reservation and the six students attending.
- Lesson 8
Use sources responsibly
Prepare an accurate library news brief
For: School newsletter readers and the editor; the library team will use the reported open question to guide its next decision.
All 20 words in this set
Read beneath the surface
- infer verb · in-FUR
Use clues and what you know to reach a conclusion that is not stated directly.
- interpret verb · in-TUR-prit
Explain what information, words, or an action mean.
- imply verb · im-PLY
Suggest an idea without stating it directly.
- indicate verb · IN-dih-kayt
Show something or provide a sign that it may be true.
- perspective noun · per-SPEK-tiv
A way of seeing or understanding something, shaped by a person’s position or experience.
Examine relationships
- analyze verb · AN-uh-lyze
Examine parts or details closely to understand how they work or connect.
- cause noun · KAWZ
Something that makes an event or change happen.
- effect noun · ih-FEKT
A result of an action, event, or condition.
- factor noun · FAK-ter
One thing that helps explain a situation or can influence a result.
- pattern noun · PAT-ern
A repeated or regular way that events, details, or results occur.
Make precise comparisons
- distinguish verb · dih-STING-gwish
Notice or explain the important differences between things.
- relationship noun · rih-LAY-shun-ship
A connection between two or more things.
- consistent adjective · kun-SIS-tunt
Staying similar across repeated situations or observations.
- significant adjective · sig-NIF-ih-kunt
Important enough to matter for a question or decision.
- specific adjective · spuh-SIF-ik
Exact and clearly identified rather than general.
Use sources responsibly
- cite verb · SYTE
Identify the source of information or ideas you use.
- paraphrase verb · PAIR-uh-frayz
Express someone else’s meaning accurately in your own words and sentence structure.
- justify verb · JUS-tuh-fy
Give reasons and evidence that support a choice, action, or claim.
- assumption noun · uh-SUMP-shun
An idea accepted as true without enough checking or evidence.
- objective adjective · ub-JEK-tiv
Based on checkable facts and fair consideration of evidence rather than personal preferences.