• Week of February 4, 2020

    Academic Vocabulary

    conventions

    counterclaim

    define

    demonstrate

    denotation

    describe

    detail

    develop/development

    distinction

    distinguish

    domain-specific vocabulary

    elaborate

    evidence/textual evidence

    explain

    explanatory

    explicit

    figurative language

    formal

    identify

    idiom

     

    Root of the Week

    port = carry

    miss/mit = send