Vocab Unit 5

"The moon is made of cheese." This is a false belief or a ...

• dupe

• fallacy

• red herring

• imply

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

To discourage someone from doing something from persuasion...

• persuade

• dupe

• apologist

• dissuade

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

After look in the mirror and seeing that my right eyebrow had been shaved off in my sleep, I realized that my brother must have __________ me again!

• duped

• dissuaded

• refuted

• red herring

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Substantiate means...

• to fool someone

• to support with evidence

• to deny the accuracy or truth of

• a person who speaks in defense of a person, an idea or a position

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a person who speaks in defense of a person, an idea, or a position...

• red herring

• dupe

• fallacy

• apologist

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Some people think that it takes 7 years to digest a piece of gum. I don't believe it and I plan to spend my life conducting research in order to ______________ this theory.

• subtantiate

• imply

• refute

• fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Something that draws attention away from the main issue is a ....

• substantiate

• imply

• apologist

• red herring

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Imply means...

• beyond doubt or certain

• to draw a conclusion from evidence

• to hint or suggest indirectly

• to discourage from doing something from persuasion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

To draw a conclusion from evidence is to...

• infer

• dupe

• imply

• red herring

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I'm sorry kid, but I have a video of you illegally riding your quad on the road. This is ____________ evidence and I am sentencing you to 5 years in jail!"

• dissuading

• red herring

• duping

• indisputable