Unit 3: Week 6 Vocabulary

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  1. claim
    an assertion that something is true or factual
    A claim is a statement that tries to persuade or convince a reader to agree with an opinion.
  2. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
    You can support your claim with evidence, such as
    •facts
    •statistics
    •quotations
    •examples
  3. database
    an organized body of related information
    Libraries have many kinds of databases, which provide information on different topics or from different types of sources.
  4. plagiarize
    take without referencing from someone's writing or speech
    Whichever sources you use, do not plagiarize, or copy an author’s words without giving credit.
  5. quote
    put punctuation marks around enclosed text
    Instead, quote an author by putting his or her exact words inside quotation marks or paraphrase an author by putting information into your own words.
  6. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
    Instead, quote an author by putting his or her exact words inside quotation marks or paraphrase an author by putting information into your own words.
  7. argumentative
    given to or characterized by a tendency to dispute
    People write argumentative texts to convince others to share their point of view.
  8. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
    A bibliography lists sources in alphabetical order at the end of a text.
  9. photograph
    a picture taken with a camera or phone that shows people or scenes
    Photographs allow your audience to better understand a person’s accomplishments as well as particular moments in a person’s life.
  10. timeline
    a sequence of events arranged in chronological order
    A timeline shows important events in a person’s life, arranged in chronological order and in a visual way.
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:22:37 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Oct 15 10:59:02 EDT 2020)

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