Importance Meter Gallery
Visual of small-to-large impact.
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Move beyond binary thinking. Visualize exactly how much impact an idea or piece of evidence has.
Student can precisely describe the importance and adequacy of evidence using words like significant, relevant, and sufficient.
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Explanation of significant, relevant, sufficient, and essential.
In everyday conversation, we call everything "important"—from eating breakfast to passing a final exam.
However, in academic writing, important is too vague. Does it mean something is large? Necessary? On-topic? To write clearly, you need vocabulary that describes exactly how and why something matters.
Visual of small-to-large impact.
Move beyond binary thinking. Visualize exactly how much impact an idea or piece of evidence has.
Formalization of the scale of importance.
Absolutely necessary; the foundation collapses without it.
Large or meaningful enough to have a noticeable effect.
Important and impactful, but not the absolute top priority.
Small and having very little impact on the final outcome.
Sort words by their strength or specific meaning.
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Definitions
Fill in the blanks with relevant, sufficient, or significant.
When conducting scientific research, it is absolutely to follow a strict methodology to ensure accurate results. A researcher must gather a amount of data before drawing any firm conclusions. Furthermore, all the evidence collected must be directly to the original research question. If the data does not connect to the topic, the findings will not have a impact on the scientific community. Ultimately, maintaining focus and gathering enough proof are habits for any successful student.
Learner upgrades a vague sentence using precise vocabulary.
Use words like sufficient, relevant, significant, or essential to elevate the sentence.
Original: The data is good enough and has important facts.
Rewrite the sentence to sound like it belongs in a science report or history essay.
Briefly explain which academic words you chose and why.
Spaced recall for the nuance between relevant and significant.