Domain specific vocabulary

Match the following

• an opinion offered in opposition to another position

• counterargument

• means by which an alleged matter is established or disproved

• claim

• an assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• evidence

• discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage

• context

• an assertion that something is true or factual

• argument

Multinationals have a tough approach to child labour and cancel their contracts with companies which employ children.

• Academic: a method
• General: coming nearer

Which of the following is an opinion?

• Plastic bottles can be recycled.

• The average person produces 4 pounds of trash a day.

• Americans should recycle more.

• Styrofoam cannot be recycled.

The insight into life that the author wants the reader to get

• Theme

• Lesson

• Moral

• Plot

"information age" is

• academic

• domain-specific

What is the name for the time and place during which a story occurs?

• Setting
• Plot
• Location
• Exposition

Choose the best answer that describes the word in bold.

The teams demand a fair treatment.

• cover up something

• pay for something in a from of gift

• describe a team player in a very detailed way

• ask for something, not expecting to be refused

A statement put forth and supported by evidence

• Argument

• Quote

• Perspective

• Point of View

an expression that has been overused

• idiom

• cliche'

• simile

• pun

the underlying point of a piece of writing that is not directly stated

• Substrate

• Sophistry

• Subterranean

• Subtext