CELDT Academic Language and Content Flashcards
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Which sentence uses academic language most appropriately for a school report?
Answer: Pollution negatively impacts the environment.
Academic language is formal and precise; 'negatively impacts the environment' is the most appropriate choice for a school report.
What does it mean to 'summarize' a passage?
Answer: Restate the main ideas in your own words briefly
A summary restates the most important ideas of a text briefly and in your own words.
In science, what is a 'variable'?
Answer: A factor that can change in an experiment
A variable is any factor, condition, or element that can change or be changed in an experiment.
Which phrase best introduces evidence in a written argument?
Answer: According to the text
'According to the text' is an academic phrase used to introduce evidence from a source.
What does 'infer' mean when reading a passage?
Answer: To use clues to figure out something not directly stated
To infer means to use textual clues and background knowledge to conclude something not explicitly stated.
In math, what is a 'product'?
Answer: The answer to a multiplication problem
In mathematics, the product is the result obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together.
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