Reliable Sources Vocabulary Practice

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific or objective

• Fallacy

• Bias

• Generalization

• Assumption

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Well informed guess using evidence from the text

• Objective

• Tone

• Justify

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person

• Generalization

• Objective

• Tone

• Clarification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A false or mistaken idea

• Credibility

• Fallacy

• Objective

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.

• Justify

• Credibility

• Bias

• Clarification

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

• Bias

• Tone

• Objective

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The act of making clear or understandable, an explanation

• Clarification

• Assumption

• Generalization

• Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

The quality of being believable or trustworthy

• Infer

• Tone

• Justify

• Credibility

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• Tone

• Fallacy

• Bias

• Assumption

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.

• Credibility

• Infer

• Assumption

• Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1