Writing Vocab

When you write your research paper, you should always use appropriate facts to ____________ and strengthen your claim.

• sustain

• advocate

• bolster

• assert

The teacher selected a(n) ______________ from the text to show students how to punctuate dialogue.

• peruse

• excerpt

• advocate

• qualm

The fact that he was found guilty of a felony many years ago doesn’t ____________ his running for mayor.

• minimize

• preclude

• invalidate

• refute

Because of his repeated traffic violations, his driver’s license has been _____________.

• invalidated

• precluded

• minimized

• refuted

“While I do not wish to alarm you, I will not __________ the danger if you refuse to have the entire herd vaccinated” said the veterinarian.

• invalidate

• preclude

• minimize

• refute

As I stared at the luscious chocolate swirl cake, I bravely ____________ with temptation - but the chocolate cake won!

• sustained

• grappled

• advocated

• refuted

“In that barren wasteland,” the explorer said, “we had great difficulty finding enough food to ___________ life.”

• sustain

• bolster

• refute

• advocate

Some people seem to have no __________ about manipulating others to gain their own ends.

• excerpts

• plaudits

• adversaries

• qualms

You should _____________ the instructions with great care before you fill out your application for admission.

• excerpt

• sustain

• peruse

• assert

Which word best completes the sentence: 'The author used vivid __________ to bring the story to life.'

• A) imagery

• B) dialogue

• C) plot

• D) theme