Academic Vocabulary Vol 1. part A

What is the term for notes added to a text while participating in active reading?

• Citation

• Annotation

• Audience

• Claim

Which term describes a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point?

• Argument

• Central idea

• Connotative

• Credibility

Who are the persons reached by a book, radio, or television broadcast?

• Audience

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Annotation

What is the main idea of a writing called? (The point the author wants you to remember most.)

• Citation

• Central idea

• Denotative

• Connotative

What is a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author called? (especially in a scholarly work)

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Citation

• Credibility

What is an assertion of something as a fact known as?

• Claim

• Audience

• Annotation

• Denotative

Which term signifies or suggests an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning?

• Denotative

• Connotative

• Credibility

• Central idea

What is a claim made to rebut a previous claim called?

• Counterclaim

• Citation

• Argument

• Annotation

What is the quality of being trusted and believed in?

• Credibility

• Audience

• Central idea

• Claim

What is the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression called?

• Connotative

• Denotative

• Citation

• Argument