SAT Academic Vocabulary Week 1

Match the following

• an assertion that something is true or factual

• context

• an assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• claim

• discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage

• evidence

• an opinion offered in opposition to another position

• argument

• means by which an alleged matter is established or disproved

• counterargument

Match the following

• a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

• table

• relating to using language effectively

• appeal

• a visual representation of the relations between quantities

• graph

• earnest or urgent request

• rhetorical

• a set of data arranged in rows and columns

• data

_____means the setting of a word or event. If your friend is furious at you for calling her your worst enemy, remind her that the _____ of those remarks was Opposite Day.

• context

• argument

• claim

• counterargument

An _____ is a disagreement between two or more people, but it can also be a statement backed by evidence, like your _______that your school doesn't need a dress code.

• context

• claim

• argument

• counterargument

When you express your right to something, you're making a ____ to it, like telling your sister, "This bowl of cereal is mine."

• argument

• counterargument

• claim

• context

A_____ is the thoughtful response you give when you disagree with someone's ideas or claims. In criminal court, a defense attorney usually gives a _____ to the prosecutor's accusations.

• counterargument

• claim

• context

• argument

______is anything that can be used to prove something — like the ______ presented in a trial, or the trail of bread crumbs that is ____ of the path Hansel took through the woods.

• evidence

• rhetorical

• appeal

• data

If you ask a _______question it means you don’t necessarily expect an answer, but you do want an occasion to talk about something.

• evidence

• appeal

• rhetorical

• data

_____ means "to ask, or address." If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't ____to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it.

• data

• rhetorical

• evidence

• appeal

____ is information such as facts and numbers used to analyze something or make decisions. Computer ___is information in a form that can be processed by a computer.

• rhetorical

• appeal

• data

• evidence