Academic Vocabulary- Informational and Argument Writing

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Persons reached by a book, radio, or TV broadcast...

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audience

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Statement or fact for/against a point

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argument

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Quotation or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in scholarly work.

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citation

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Main idea of a writing; the key point to remember.

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Central idea

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Notes added to a text during active reading

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annotation

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Assertion of something as a fact

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claim

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Quality of being trusted and believed in

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credibility

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Direct meaning of a word or expression (dictionary definition)

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denotative

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Suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning beyond the primary meaning.

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Connotative

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A claim made to rebut a previous claim

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counterclaim