Academic Vocabulary Part 6

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Sufficient

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providing or having as much as needed

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Summary

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the most important ideas of a text expressed in a few sentences

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Support analysis

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a written response demonstrating agreement with or approval of

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Support claims

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claims that help to prove an argument

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Supported by reasons and evidence

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refers to providing enough evidence to prove a claim

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Suspense

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a feeling of uncertainty or anxiousness about what may happen in the plot of a story

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Symbolism

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when an author uses something to represent

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Synonym

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a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word

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Textual evidence

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ideas and information taken directly from written texts; used to support a claim or idea

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Theme

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the main idea an author conveys to the reader