TSI Grammar Academic Vocabulary

-a specific type of writing

• Genre

• Style

• Format

• Type

-concerned with what actually the case is rather than the interpretation of or reactions to it.

• Factual

• Interpretative

• Subjective

• Theoretical

-provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

• substantiate

• validate

• authenticate

• confirm

-a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

-not supported or proven by evidence

• unsubstantiated

• sin fundamento

• unsupported

• unverified

-relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

• Qualitative

• Quantities

• Descriptive

• Subjective

-is a particular issue or idea that serves as the subject of a paragraph, essay, report, or speech.

• Topic

• Theme

• Subject

• Argument

-of a person or their judgement, not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.

• Subjective

• Objective

• Biased

• Partial

-to write a capital letter

• Capitalize

• Lowercase

• Italicize

• Highlight

-mutually opposed or inconsistent

• Contradictory

• Consistent

• Complementary

• Similar