Assignments: English Vocabulary List

a piece of writing that briefly analyzes or discusses a specific subject

"The student wrote an essay on climate change."

"A well-researched essay presents a coherent and persuasive argument on a given topic."

an additional academic opportunity offered to students to improve their grades by completing supplementary assignments or tasks beyond the regular requirements

"The student completes extra credit to raise her grade."

"The student completes extra credit to raise her grade and does an additional research project beyond the required work."

a piece of work for someone to do, especially as an assignment

"This is a hard task."

"Completing the task on time was very challenging."

the academic tasks, assignments, or activities assigned to students by teachers or educational institutions

"Schoolwork keeps him busy every evening."

"Schoolwork keeps him busy every evening and he usually has about two hours of homework each night."

tasks that are given to students to do in class, and not at home

"We finished our classwork."

"The teacher collected the classwork to check for understanding but noticed that several students had copied answers from each other without actually learning the material."

schoolwork that students have to do at home

"The kids are doing their homework now."

"Consistent completion of homework is strongly correlated with academic achievement."

a long piece of writing on a particular subject that a university student presents in order to get an advanced degree

"Write your dissertation."

"She spent two years meticulously researching and writing her doctoral dissertation."

a collaborative assignment in which multiple individuals work together to achieve a common goal or complete a task

"The group project requires a presentation."

"The group project requires a presentation and each member is responsible for a different section."

a final assignment where students use what they have learned to complete a big project or solve a problem

"The capstone project completes the degree program."

"The capstone project demonstrates mastery of the major and students present their work to a panel of faculty."

a brief document outlining the main ideas or proposals for a project or research study

"The concept paper outlines the research idea."

"The concept paper outlines the research idea and is the first step before writing a full proposal."

a scholarly document presenting findings from an investigation or study on a particular topic

"The research paper has a literature review section."

"The research paper has a literature review section and must include citations from peer reviewed journals."

a written piece that expresses the writer's thoughts and insights on a particular topic or experience

"The reflection paper discusses what the student learned."

"The reflection paper discusses what the student learned and how the course changed their thinking."

a recorded analysis of a person, group, event or situation over a length of time

"We read interesting case study."

"The case study showed how the method worked in real life."