Vocab Test- Voice in Sythesis

Match the following

• comment; make explanatory notes

• call to action

• writing that urges people to action

• annotate

• An assertion, supported by evidence

• claim

• To explain in greater detail

• dialogue

• conversation between two or more people

• elaborate

defensible position

• Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure

• a claim that is debatable but can be strongly supported by evidence; a claim that is neither a fact nor an unsupportable opinion

• A written reference to a specific work (book, article, dissertation, report, musical composition, etc.) by a particular author or creator which identifies the document in which the work may be found.

context

• give a brief statement of the main points of a work.

• To explain in greater detail

• The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.

synthesize

• Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex.

• any sentence that conveys the primary source's idea word-for-word

• The quality of information that indicates the information makes a difference in a decision.

analyze

• comment; make explanatory notes

• An assertion, usually supported by evidence

• Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure

Citation

• give a brief statement of the main points of a work.

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  A written reference to a specific work (book, article, dissertation, report, musical composition, etc.) by a particular author or creator which identifies the document in which the work may be found.

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  a claim that is debatable but can be strongly supported by evidence; a claim that is neither a fact nor an unsupportable opinion

direct quote

• any sentence that conveys the primary source's idea word-for-word

• Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex.

• the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

verbatim

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  an argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered

• Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure

• word for word; exactly as written or spoken

paraphrase

• the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken

• express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

summarize

• comment; make explanatory notes

• The author is aware of potential limitations or weaknesses in their argument

• give a brief statement of the main points of a work.