AVID – Organizational Words in Writing Prompts – Flashcards
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Analyze
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Examine carefully to determine why. Separate or distinguish the elements of anything complex. Break the idea into parts, and explain the various parts.
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Assess
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Examine critically, and estimate the merit, significance, or value.
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Compare/Contrast
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Point out how things are similar and how they are different. (Sometimes, "compare" means both "compare and contrast.")
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Criticize/Critique
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Discuss the good and bad elements in a text, a film, or something else. Give evidence to justify your claims.
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Define
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Give the meaning of a term with enough detail to show that you really understand it.
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Describe
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Explain or write about; put in words a picture or an account. Tell how something looks, how something happened. Include how, where, who, and why.
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Diagram
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Make a drawing or outline of something and label its parts.
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Discuss
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Give reasons with details. Explore from different perspectives. Look at the pros and cons.
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Effect
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Whatever is produced by a cause; something made to happen by a person or thing; result.
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Enumerate
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Count off or list examples, reasons, causes, or effects—one by one.
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Evaluate
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Using evidence, discuss the strengths and weaknesses.
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Explain
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Make clear or interpret the reasons why something exists or is happening.
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Identify
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List and explain.
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Illustrate
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Make the point or idea clear by giving examples.
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Interpret
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Give the meaning of; use examples and personal comments to make clear.
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Justify
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Give reasons for your claim (in an academic argument).
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List
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List without details.
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Outline
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Make an organized listing of the important points of a subject.
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Relate
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Show the connections between things or how one thing causes another.
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Respond
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State your overall reaction (response) to the content, and then support your response with specific reasons and examples, often referring back to the reading.
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Solve
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Come up with a solution based on given information and your knowledge.
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State
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Give the main points in brief, clear form.
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Summarize
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Organize and bring together the main points, keeping out personal opinions.
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Support
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Back up the statements with evidence.
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Synthesize
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Pull together parts to make a whole - this requires looking for common attributes among the parts in order to link them together.
