Testing Vocabulary

the reason the author is writing something

• topic

• account

• genre

• author's purpose

to refuse to believe

• discredit

• illustrates

• false

• convey

to present something

• claim

• introduce

• account

• convey

a conclusion that is reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• claim

• common sense

• inference

• evaluation

to make known

• illustrate

• convey

• claim

• evaluate

to portray

• depict

• illustrate

• convey

• evaluate

shows

• claim

• depict

• account

• illustrates

a report or description of an event

• depict

• claim

• account

• evaluate

the writer's position on an event, problem or issue

• inference

• author's purpose

• evaluate

• claim

to judge

• convey

• evaluate

• illustrate

• emphasize