Academic Vocabulary

Listening to the author _____ his own work helps me to understand better.

• narrating

• opposing

• affecting

• refuting

My _____ on this story is clearly not the way you see things.

• claim

• perspective

• rebuttal

• aspect

I cannot _____ to you enough how important your success in school is.

• contribute

• narrate

• convey

• refute

The picture on page 4 _____ an example of what the author was explaining.

• over the course of the text

• sensory language

• serves to illustrate

Although you did provide evidence, it is not very _____, so you should give more information.

• primarily

• prioritized

• implicit

• sound

My _____ against his opinion was so powerful that I should be able to convince anyone to side with me.

• rebuttal

• decelopment

• perception

You provided the reader with great _____ on the setting, so they are able to imagine themselves there.

• opposition

• sensory language

• structure

• transition

The _____ provided in each chapter of the science book give great explanations of the topic.

• text features

• counterclaims

• transitions

• themes

Choose your words wisely as they will surely _____ they way others respond.

• contribute

• refute

• affect

• convey

I was able to see the _____ of the character's changes as we read the story.

• counterclaim

• development

• support

• opposition