Unit 2 Academic Vocabulary
Determine
Compose
Establish
Integrate
Utilize
Sequence
Verify
Clarify
Objective
Narrative
Summary
Engage
Central Idea Supporting
Figurative
Ideas/Details Language
Plot
Characters
Setting
Internal
Conflict
External
Conflict
Theme
Suspense
Connotative
Denotative
Word
Roots
Affixes
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Definition:
conversation between two or more people as a
feature of a book, play, or movie.
Synonyms:
conversation, discussion, interchange,
discourse, talk
Antonyms:
silence, non communication,
monologue, soliloquy
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Dialogue
“What do you say,
old chap?”
“I believe we should
stick to plan A!”
“Indeed!”
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(Noun)
How/When would you use this
word outside of school?
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
Academically, dialogue would be used
when I am writing a narrative and I
would like two or more of my
characters to have a conversation.
By: Your Teacher
Outside of school, dialogue occurs
between parents and children
when homework and chores are
being discussed.
Definition: To find (something) out for
certain, typically as a result of research or
calculation.
Visual
Example:
Let’s see,
who is
Beyoncé?
Synonym(s): discover, find out,
calculate, deduce
Antonym(s): overlook, miss
Determine
(Verb)
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
How/When would you use this
word outside of school?
Academically, in social
studies, you could determine who
Abraham Lincoln was and his
importance in history. You can do this by
researching through the internet or in a
book.
Gabbie Agriam P.3
Outside of school, the state
police can determine the cause of a
deadly car crash by investigating and
looking into the scene.
Credit:
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Definition:
To write or create a work of art
Visual Example:
Synonym(s):
Write, formulate, make up,produce, and
invent
Antonym(s):
Destroy,break,demolish,raze,disarrange,
ruin and scatter
Compose
(Verb)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
You would use this word in an academic
setting when you are trying to compose
an essay for your teacher.
Jasmin Martinez p.3
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How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
You would use this word outside of
school if you are a songwriter and you
are trying to compose or create a song
for your new album. Or if you are an
inventor you will compose something or
invent something.
Definition:
Visual Example
set up (an organization, system, or set of
rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
Synonym(s):
create,build,fix, provide,secure
Antonym(s):
change,remove,destroy,prevent
Establish
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Verb
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
How/When would you use this
word outside of school ?
I would use establish in an academic setting
by students establishing better study habits
which would result in better test scores.
I would use establish outside of school
by my parents establishing rules for
myself to follow.
Isabel Castillo p.1
Definition:
combine (one thing) with another so
that they become a whole.
Visual Example:
Synonyms:
combine, merge, unite
Antonyms:
disconnect, divide, scatter
Integrate
(verb)
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How can this word be used in an
academic setting?
How/ when would you use
this word outside of school?
Academically, this word can be used in math
class if I was assigned to integrate numbers,
or in other words, combine like terms. Also,
this word can be used academically if you
were doing a project, you might integrate
math and science into the project.
You can use this word outside of
school if you were baking a cake. You
would integrate the eggs, flour, and
sugar, to make the batter.
Molly Murphy Period 3
Definition:
Visual Example:
to put to use; turn to profitable account
Synonym(s):
exploit, apply, employ, and use
Antonym(s):
misuse, impede
Utilize
(Verb)
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How is this word used in an academic
setting?
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
Academically, the word utilize would be
used when you are doing a history essay
about World WarⅡ. You can utilize the
internet to get facts about World
WarⅡfor your essay.
Outside of school, the word utilize would
be used when you are sick of the cold.
You can utilize medicine to get rid of
your cold and feel better.
By: Luis Delgadillo P.3
Definition:
a particular order in which related events,
movements, or things follow each other.
Visual Example:
Synonym(s):
Series, arrangement, outcome, Sequel
Antonym(s):
interruption, stoppage
Sequence
(Verb)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
Sequence is used in academic setting
when I am writing an autobiography on
someone and I have to write it in
sequence of events.
Nathan Aguiar Per.2
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How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
I would use sequence outside of school
when I am organizing books in a color
or alphabetical sequence.
Definition:Making sure or demonstrate that
(something) is true, accurate, or justified.
Visual Example:http://tinyurl.com/prom 6oh
Synonym(s):Confirm, prove, support, and
uphold.
Antonym(s): Reject and disproved.
Verify
Verb
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
This word can be used in an academic
setting if the teacher says that students
must verify their answer with proof to
get full credit.
This word can be use outside of school
in work when cops need evidence to
verify someone is guilty in court.
Jose Alfredo Gonzalez period 4
Definition:
Visual Example:
to make a statement or situation less
confusing and more understandable
Synonym(s): comprehendible, clear,
elucidate
Antonym(s): confusing, complex, unclear
Clarify
(verb)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
Clarify is used in an academic setting for
when a teacher has to explain an
assignment to where the students
understand what has to be done.
Alejrah Cortez pd.3
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How/When would you use this word outside
of school?
Clarify can be used outside of school when
you’re at a doctor’s office and they have to
make your situation more understandable
so that you know what you’re dealing with.
Definition:
not influenced by personal feeling or
opinions in considering and representing
facts
Visual Example:http://tinyurl.com/oyhyh7e
Synonym(s):disinterested,neutral,
uninvolved
Antonym(s): biased, partial,
prejudiced
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
The word objective is used in an
academic setting when you do any
scientific study and you use facts to
support your own opinion.
Maya Palato P.3
Objective
(Point of view)
Adjective
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
The word objective is use outside of
school when there is a jury in a
court of law and you would have to
be objective when it comes to
deciding on a case.
Definition: a spoken or written
account of connected events; a story
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Synonym(s): story, parables,
fables,
Antonym(s): non fiction books, and
encyclopedias, and reports
Narrative
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
You would use this word in an
academic setting when you’re
explaining the different types of
writings like summaries, reports,
essays, and narratives.
Sarah Gallitto P.3
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How/When would you use this
word outside of school?
Outside of school, you would use this
word when you like to write and
create narratives for fun.
Definition:
The Definition of the word summary means a
brief statement or account of the main points of
something.
Visual Example:
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Synonym(s):
cursory,brief,and run-through
Antonym(s):
long,length, and wordy
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
This word is used in an academic setting in
Language Arts class when we have to write
summaries of stories.
Erica Berg P.5
Summary
Noun
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
I would use the word summary outside of
school when I write my stories. I will give my
friend a summary of my story and finish it.
Definition:
Visual Example:
To occupy the attention or efforts of a
person or persons
Synonym(s): Interest, Absorb, &
Involve
Antonym(s): Discharge & Release
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
Engage
(verb)
The word engage would be used in an
academic setting when the teacher
rings a bell in order to engage his or
her students attention.
Elle Jarecki P.3
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How/When would you use this
word outside of school?
The word engage would be used
outside of school when your mom
yells your name from across the house
in order to engage your attention.
Definition:
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The most important or central thought of a
paragraph or larger section of text, which
tells the reader what the text is about.
Synonym(s):
core; crux; essence; central idea; important
Antonym(s):
insignificant; exterior; inessential
Central/Main Idea
(Noun)
How is this word used in an academic setting?
Academically, central/main idea can be
used when you are reading a story or
book in class. You would need to find
the main idea, or what the story is
about by using supporting details.
Shaina Villapana : Period 2
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How/When would you use this word outside of
school?
Outside of school, central/main idea can be
used when you you are watching a movie or
reading a book. By knowing the main idea of
a movie, you will enjoy it and understand it
better. Finding it can be in the title, cover, or
even repeated events in the movie.
descriptive words, examples,
comparisons, reasons, explanations, facts
and connect to the topic sentence or
subject
Definition:
Visual Example: http://tinyurl.com/pklfkwc
Synonym(s): Details
Antonym(s): Main Idea
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
In an academic setting this word
might be used when a teacher ask
you to use more supporting details
in your essay or story.
Alyssa Ayala P.4
Supporting Ideas/
Details
(Part of Speech)
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How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
How or when you might use this
word outside of school is when you
are explaining to your parents what
happened at school and the ask you
to use some more supporting
details..
Definition:
language that contains or uses figure of
speech, especially metaphors
Visual Example:
Synonym(s):
metaphoric, descriptive
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Antonym(s):
straightforward
Figurative Language
(noun)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
This word is used in an academic setting
when we write an article in Language
Arts class. For example in my article
there might be a line such as “the day
was so hot you can fry an egg on the
floor”.
Tyra Ramil Period #3
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
You can see examples of Figurative
Language outside of school when you
might read lyrics to a song, or read a
book.
Definition
Visual Example:
The definition of Plot is
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or
similar work, devised and presented by the
writer as an interrelated sequence
resolution
exposition
The synonyms are: Storyline, Story,
Scenario,Action
The antonyms are: unplanned
In an academic setting I would
use plot when in a classroom
and the teacher ask me to
write a summary of a short
story and she tells me to use
all parts of a plot.
climax
Plot
noun
Created By:
Axel Gutierrez
I would use plot outside of
school when me and my
friends are trying to find the
plot of the scary movie.
Axel Gutierrez P.4
Definition:
a person, animal, or figure
represented in a literary work
Synonym(s): protagonist,
antagonist
Antonym(s): none
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
This word can be used in an
academic setting when a student
is writing a narrative and needs
to create characters that will
work well with his/her story.
By Briana Luna
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Characters
(Noun)
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How/When would you use this
word outside of school?
This word can be used outside of
school on television when
actor/actress is preparing for a
role as a character in a show or
movie.
Definition: the place or type of
surroundings where something is
positioned or where an event takes place
Visual Example:
Synonym(s): location, scene or
surroundings
Antonym(s):none
Setting
(noun)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
This word could be used in an academic
setting by describing where a novel
takes place. Like in the Little Red Hood
the setting took place in the woods.
Gabby Aguilar P.3
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
I would use the word ‘setting’ outside of
school by telling my friends where a
party is at.
Definition:
Psychological struggle within the mind of a
literary or dramatic character, the resolution
of which creates the plot’s suspense.
Visual Example:
Synonym(s):interior, private, and mental
Antonym(s): outer conflict, or
external conflict
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Internal Conflict
(Noun)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
Academically, this word is used when I
am analysing a text or a passage and I
don’t agree or disagree with the writer.
Outside of school, internal conflict would
be used when your mom asks you to
take out the trash, but you are deciding
whether or not you should do it.
Daisy Macias
Definition:
A struggle between a literary or dramatic
character and an outside force such as
nature or another character, which drives the
dramatic action of the plot
Visual Example:
Synonym(s):
arguing, physically fighting, problem
Antonym(s):
Internal conflict
External Conflict
(noun)
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How is this word used in an
academic setting?
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
Academically, external conflict would be
used in language arts when you are
trying to find out if the story is going
to be character vs. character, character
vs. nature, or character vs. society.
I would use external conflict outside of
school when I see two people physically
fighting or when I'm arguing with my
brother.
Larissa Osorio Period 2
Definition: Theme is defined as a
main idea or an underlying
meaning of a literary work
that may be stated directly
or indirectly
Visual Examples
Synonym(s) Thesis, Lesson
Antonym(s): None
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
The word theme would be
used in an academic setting
when you are finished
reading a story or an
autobiography and learned
a life lesson
Juliana Jackson Period:5
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Theme
(noun)
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
I would use the word theme
outside of school when I
am discussing a really
good book I read with a
friend or an adult
Visual Example:
Definition:
A state or feeling of excited or anxious
uncertainty about what may happen
Synonym(s):
Thriller, Tension, and Confusion
Antonym(s):
Calmness, Peace, and Ease
Suspense
Noun
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How is this word used in an academic
setting?
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
Academically, suspense can be used
in language art class when we read a
book like “The Giver” and then have
that suspense about what is going to
happen in the book.
Outside of school, suspense can be
used as when people go out to see a
movie “The Purge”and then they have
that excitement in the movie. That is
why people sometimes have that
suspense in the movie.
Maria Garcia P.2
Definition: A deeper meaning
to a word, and a different way to
express a word emotionally.
Synonym(s): Referring,
suggesting, meaning
Antonym(s): Denotation, explicit
CONNOTATIVE
How is this word used in
an academic setting?
(adjective)
In an academic setting this word can be
used if you were writing a fictional story
and you wanted to refer to someone or
something, but wanted to make it unique
so you would use another term or
meaning for the word.
Chloe Olsgaard P.3
VISUAL EXAMPLE:
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How/When would you
use this word outside
of school?
Outside of school you would use this word
to describe a person. For example, “Jake is
such a rat!” Rat in the sentence doesn’t
mean an animal but is suggesting the
idea of Jake being sneaky and rude….like a
rat would act.
Definition:
Visual Example:
the literal or primary meaning of a word
Synonym(s):
accurate, actual, true
Antonym(s):
false, inaccurate, unreal
How is this word used in an
academic setting?
Academically, denotative would
be used when I need to find the
literal meaning of a vocabulary
word in one of my classes.
Angela Arias Pd.2
Denotative
(adjective)
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How/When would you use this
word outside of school?
Outside of school, denotative would
be used when my mom or dad say
a word I don’t understand, and I
want to look up the primary
meaning.
Visual Example:
Definition:
An additional element placed at the beginning
or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body
of a word, to modify its meaning.
Synonym(s):prefixes and suffixes
My visual is some affixes being used in a
sentence and just by themselves.
Antonym(s): Root words
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Affixes
(verb)
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
Academically,I would use the word
affixes when I am in class and I am
writing an essay. The teacher says we
have to use at least two affixes in our
paragraphs. So I use the words
discover(I used the affix dis) and
preview (I used the affix pre).
Justinn Garcia Period #4
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
I would use the word affixes outside of
school when I am at my friends house and
he want to write some invitations to his
party. So he wants me to revise his work
and I say "I think it needs some more affixes
to make it complete".
Visual Example:
Definition:
n
Main part of a word that gives the
basic meaning of the word.
Synonym(s):Source,
Antonym(s):Suffix,
base, nucleus
Prefix
How is this word used in an academic
setting?
Word roots can be used in school
when you want to find the base
word without the prefix or suffix.
By Angel Guerrero Lopez P.4
Word Roots
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(noun)
How/When would you use this word
outside of school?
Word roots can be used outside
of school to match a word to a
suffix or prefix to make a new
word.