02/0723 Vocabulary Definitions Test

captive

• This is when something is being kept against its will.
• This is a word used to describe anything to due with learning in school.
• To say or write the exact words from something you read.
• To tell the reader or someone where you got your information from.
• This is a word to describe how long something lives for.

different organs and tissues working together within an organism

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

• organism

academic

• This is a word used to describe anything to due with learning in school.
• To say or write the exact words from something you read.
• To tell the reader or someone where you got your information from.
• This is a word to describe how long something lives for.
• This is when something is being kept against its will.

any nonliving thing found in an environment

• biotic

• abiotic

• qualitative

• quantitative

to debate

• To use evidence and reasons to disagree with someone on an issue.
• This is when something is hard to find or not common.
• This is an answer to a questions that you want to prove is correct.
• This is someone who is trying to change the world because of a strong belief.
• To twist a number or fact so that it is not accurate.

to quote

• To say or write the exact words from something you read.
• To tell the reader or someone where you got your information from.
• This is a word to describe how long something lives for.
• This is when something is being kept against its will.
• This is a word used to describe anything to due with learning in school.

Credibility

• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  

Rhetoric

• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Claim

• n original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  

Primary source

• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  
• an original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.