Academic Vocabulary Unit 2, Informational and Argument Writing

While reading a research paper on climate change, Sarah makes brief comments in the margins to better understand and engage with the content. This process is known as?

• audience

• annotation

• central idea

• citation

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point

• central idea

• annotation

• argument

• citation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

the group of people who watch a specific television show or listen to a particular radio program

• claim

• counterclaim

• audience

• argument

the main idea of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember most is the _______ idea

• central
• extra

• diction

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

a quotation from or a reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work

• citation

• argument

• credibility

• conotative

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

an assertion of something as a fact

• claim

• connotative

• citation

• annotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

Which word best describes a word that, beyond its explicit meaning, also carries additional, implied meanings?

• claim

• counterclaim

• connotative

• denotative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

In a debate, one team presents a solution to reduce pollution. The opposing team's response that challenges this solution is called?

• counterclaim

• credibility

• argument

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the quality of being trusted and believed in

• credibility

• denotative

• claim

• argument

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it

• denotative

• connotative

• claim

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2