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U4vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Precise (adj.) | To be exact and detailed |
| Credibility (n) | The quality of being trustworthy |
| Relevant (adj.) | Pertaining or to be applicable to something; Germane |
| Bias (n) | General Tendency or leaning in one direction; partial toward one view more than the other. |
| Counteclaim (n) | An opposing claim that disagrees with the Thesis |
| Rebuttal (n) | The Response to the Counterclaim. Usually used in Debates |
| Purpose (n) | The intent or aim doing an action or writing something. (Authors purpose) |
| Audience (n) | The person or people that the text is written for . |
| Expository Techniques (n) | The elements which an author uses in order to focus on the central idea |
| Narrative Techniques (n) | 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. |
| Citation (n) | brief reference within the text that provides readers with the source of the information. |
| Decipher (n) | Succeed to interpret or understand something |
| Invincible (adj.) | Impossible to defeat |
| Contraption (n) | A Machine seeming very strangely or complicated |
| Newfangled (v) | invented only recently and, therefore, strange-seeming |
| Ingenuity (n) | the quality of being original and clever |
| Improvisation (n) | things that are created without any preparation |
| Engineer (n) | person with scientific training who designs and builds machines, products, or systems |
| Generators (n) | machines that produce electricity |
| Current (n) | The flow of electricity |
| Cunning (adj.) | having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion. |
| Veered (v) | change direction suddenly. |
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Rithwik