midterms
Halfway-point exams
Midterms are examinations given in the middle of an academic term, as distinguished from finals: I have three midterms next week.
In American politics, midterms are congressional elections held halfway through a presidential term, when all House seats and a third of Senate seats are contested: The president's party typically loses seats in the midterms.
Gathers or recovers
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
- endorsementsFormal declarations of support
polling · advertisements · fundraising · speeches · grassroots · canvassing · donations · volunteers
Formally registering a choice
- ballotsVoting forms
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- senateLegislative governing body
representatives · incumbent · challenger · polls · campaigns · districts · constituents · electorate
Deliberate learning effort
- gradesAcademic performance ratings
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- professorSenior university teacher
coursework · syllabus · cramming · textbook · lecture · review · quiz · papers
Assigning marks to work
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- scoresAchieves points; many
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- performanceCarrying out a task
feedback · progress · criteria · review · marks · achievement · rating · measurement
rallies
Gathers or recovers
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
endorsements · polling · advertisements · fundraising · speeches · grassroots · canvassing · donations · volunteers · messaging
voting
Formally registering a choice
- ballotsVoting forms
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- candidatesThose seeking selection
senate · representatives · incumbent · challenger · polls · campaigns · districts · constituents · electorate · democracy
studying
Deliberate learning effort
- gradesAcademic performance ratings
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- studentsThose receiving instruction
professor · coursework · syllabus · cramming · textbook · lecture · review · quiz · papers · tutoring
grading
Assigning marks to work
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- scoresAchieves points; many
- resultsWhat follows from effort
performance · feedback · progress · criteria · review · marks · achievement · rating · measurement · ranking
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- college termsuniversity, community college, liberal arts college, state school, credit hours
- class schedulestimetable, class period, period, time slot, bell schedule
- college processesenrollment, registration, admission, graduation, transcripts
- exam schedulingfinals, time slots, timetable, conflicts, exam week
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
midtermsfinals
Concluding tests or matches
final exams · final examinations · comprehensive exams · pop quizzes · thesis defenses
- midterm breaksScheduled academic休息 mid-semester
- midterm exam
- midterm electionCongressional vote between presidential contests
- midterm gradesMarks given mid-semester
- midterm reviewAssessment at semester's halfway point