Academic Vocabulary

claim

• point to prove; opinion; author's stance on a topic

• to help; add on

• to tell what something means

• opposing stance on a topic; opposing viewpoint

cohesive

• to put into words; utter or state; to show or reveal

• making connections in writing using transition words/phrases; unified

• purpose; goal; target

• to be a sign of; evidence; show; to point out

continuation

• to add/explain more

• enough; adequate

• to make clear or intelligible as by examples or analogies

• moving on; continuing; picking up where the author left off

contribute

• point to prove; opinion

• to tell what something means

• to help; add on

• to depend/use too much of a text for evidence

convey

• to mention/introduce an idea, plan, etc.

• the events in a story

• adopt a firm position about an issue

• to show/portray an idea about something

counterclaim

• opinion; point to prove; author's stance on a topic

• opposing stance on a topic; opposing viewpoint

• to put into words; utter or state; to show or reveal

• to keep in existence

define

• to tell what something means

• to elaborate or work out in detail

• to add/explain more

• connected to/with; on topic

elaborate

• to be a sign of; evidence; show

• a short statement that summarizes the main point of an essay

• to add/explain more; develop or present in detail

• a sentence consisting of two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction

develop

• to elaborate or work out in detail

• a sentence consisting of an independent clause and a dependent clause

• to mention/introduce an idea, plan, etc.

• to express, designate, stand for or denote as a word, symbol, etc.

establish

• a story

• point to prove; author's stance on a topic

• to help

• to show something to be true by determining the facts