2Reading Vocabulary1

Question 1

Name some words and signals that introduce claims

Answer 1

admit-admission; agree-agreement; argue-argument; assert-assertion; believe-belief; claim-claim; consider-consideration; contend-contend; insist-insistence; state-statement; suggest-suggestion

Question 2

Name some words and signals that introduce evidence

Answer 2

cite-citation; indicate-indication; point out/to; prove-proof reveal-revelation; show

Question 3

Name some phrases that introduce claims

Answer 3

according to; in the opinion of; in the words of; it is clear/likely that; there is little/no doubt that

Question 4

Name some phrases that introduce evidence

Answer 4

according to; a study found/showed; the evidence shows; in fact; the fact is/that; is evidence of; it is reported that; statistics show

Question 5

Name some strategies which help you identify claims and evidence

Answer 5

• identify his claims as soon as possible -> located in the first few paragraphs and summarized in the final paragraph of a text
• scan the text for key words, names, dates, phrases, and statistics
• ask yourself: what is the writes point of view? what claim does the writer make? what evidence does the writer use
• look for sentence that connect statements at the end of one paragraph with the next paragraph (->claim at the end of the paragraph and elaborate on or give evidence in the next paragraph)

Question 6

anonymity

Answer 6

-a situation in which a person is not known by or spoken of by name

Question 7

assert

Answer 7

-to state an opinion or claim a right forcefully ->behaupten

Question 8

attribute

Answer 8

• to say or think that something is the result or work of something or someone else
• > zuschreiben, beilegen, zurechnen

Question 9

autonomous

Answer 9

-existing or acting separately from other things or people

Question 10

convey

Answer 10

-to take or carry someone or something to a particular place -> vermitteln, übertragen, leiten

Question 11

head start

Answer 11

• the advantage of beginning before others in a completion or other situation
• > Vorsprung

Question 12

impediment

Answer 12

-something that makes progress or movement difficult or impossible -> Behinderung

Question 13

precursor

Answer 13

-something that comes before another and may lead to it or influence its development ->Vorläufer oder Vorgänger

Question 14

revolutionary

Answer 14

-relating to a complete change in a system of government or bringing or causing great change

Question 15

rule of thumb

Answer 15

-a method of judging a situation or condition that is not exact but is based on experience ->Faustregel

Question 16

Simultaneously

Answer 16

-at exactly the same time ->gleichzeitig

Question 17

target audience

Answer 17

-the particular group of people to which an advertisement is directed ->Zielgruppe

Question 18

transmission

Answer 18

-the act of sending or giving something

Question 19

undertaking

Answer 19

-an effort to do something, especially to do a large or difficult job ->Unternehmen, Unternehmung, Project

Question 20

Tangible

Answer 20

• real and able to be shown or touched

- >greifbar, konkret

Question 21

Destination

Answer 21

-Ziel