Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary

believable, seeming likely to be true

• evidence

• relevant

• credible

• relatable

an ongoing disagreement over something

• evidence

• conflilct

• argument

• controversy

just enough of what's needed

• sufficient

• credible

• evidence

• relevant

a fact or sign that shows that something is true; information that supports an idea or theory

• reason

• argument

• evidence

• tone

connected with the matter at hand

• relevant

• unimportant

• sufficient

• credible

a statement that explains something, or as a verb, to try to convince

• evidence

• reason

• claim

• argument

taking someone else's work or ideas and pretending they're your own

• research

• plagiarism

• citation

• reason

moments in an argument that rely on logic and reasoning

• controversy

• reason

• formal style

• logos

careful study in order to find facts and draw conclusions

• formal style

• research

• reason

• citation

a polite and proper kind of writing usually used for business or academic work

• formal style

• controversy

• sufficient

• credible