GRADE 7 VOCAB

to paraphrase

to deny the existence or truth of

the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed

accept or admit the existence or truth of

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story

the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work

bear all or part of the weight of; hold up

the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed

a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary

a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web

a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause

an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument

having a position on the other or further side of something; facing something, especially something of the same type

a claim made to rebut a previous claim

a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained

a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web

a claim made to rebut a previous claim

the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way

the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists

something not real or present that is produced by the memory or the imagination

The process of creating, and communicating ideas which are abstract, concrete, or visual.

a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form

communication or direct involvement with someone or something

go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

something not real or present that is produced by the memory or the imagination

arrange into a structured whole; order

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof

an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one

a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style

a piece of writing on a specific topic longer than one paragraph

show or prove to be right or reasonable

arrange into a structured whole; order

a thing newly brought into use or introduced to a place for the first time

an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one

a shift in direction of traffic

form a mental image of; imagine

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close

any change that is important enough to be noticed, the shift may be a change of location, change of narrator, change of time, etc.