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Unit 4 Vocab

Unit 4 Vocab - Inventions

TermPart of SpeechDefinitionSentences
Precise Adjective Exact and detailed He was very precise at fixing Viaan's car.
Credibility Noun The quality of being trustworthy The credibility of the source was questionable.
Relevant Adjective Pertaining to or applicable to a topic; germane The evidence he had found was not very relevant
Bias Noun General tendency or leaning in one direction; partial toward one view over another It was clear there was a bias in the room.
Counterclaim Noun An opposing claim that disagrees with the thesis His counterclaim failed to do it purpose in the debate.
Rebuttal Noun Response to the counterclaim. Rebuttals support the claim in an argument/ debate. The rebuttal had made his counterclaim useless.
Purpose Noun The intent or aim (author’s purpose is his/her reason or objective in writing a text) The purpose of the poem was unclear.
Audience Noun The person/people for whom a text is written for His audience did not understand the purpose that he was trying to convey.
Expository techniques Noun The elements an author uses that focus on central idea, provide evidence and examples, and present logical conclusions (ex.: facts, statistics, testimony, text, data, main ideas, etc.). Using expository techniques, he was able to make his poem's main purpose stick out more.
Narrative techniques Noun Elements an author uses to tell a story (fiction or nonfiction) including description (including sensory details), dialogue, pacing (using suspense to build tension), and reflection. His use of narrative techniques put him points ahead of the other poems in the competition.
Citation Noun Brief reference within the text that provides readers His citations were not very good or liked by his partner.
Decipher Noun Succeed in interpreting or understanding something He tried to decipher the ancient code that was almost impossible.
Invincible Adjective Impossible to defeat He was invincible to everything.
Contraption Noun Machine that seems strange or unnecessarily complicated His contraption was a waste of time and resources.
Newfangled Adjective Invented only recently, and therefore, strage-seeming The new medicine felt newfangled.
Ingenuity Noun Quality of being original and cleaver The ingenuity of the device felt very weird.
Improvisations Noun Things that are created without any preparation His presentation felt like it was an improvisation.
Engineer Noun Person with scientific training who designs and builds machines, products, or systems The engineer had created a new product for Viaan to test.
Generators Noun Machines that produce electricity The generators failed to keep the current for the building on.
Current Noun Flow of electricity The current was too high for Viaans car to handle and so Viaan lost control.
Cunning Adjective Skillful; cleaver The skilled of the mechanic were very cunning.
Veered Verb Changed directions Viaan veered his car off the road causing him to crash and have to get his car repaired.
Created by: eggtart
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