Academic Vocabulary Unit 1

Which term describes notes added to a text while participating in active reading?

• Annotation

• Argument

• Audience

• Citation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is an assertion of something as a fact called?

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Inference

• Thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which word refers to the persons reached by a book, radio, or television broadcast?

• Audience

• Purpose

• Ethos

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the main idea of a writing, or the point the author wants you to remember most?

• Central idea

• Thesis

• Tone

• Explicit

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work, is called what?

• Citation

• Annotation

• Rhetoric

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a claim made to rebut a previous claim called?

• Counterclaim

• Argument

• Fallacy

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term refers to the quality of being trusted and believed in?

• Credibility

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Explicit

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the explicit or direct meaning of a word or expression called?

• Denotative

• Connotative

• Diction

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which term refers to the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing?

• Diction

• Thesis

• Purpose

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is an appeal to ethics and credibility known as?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Relevance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5