EAP Writing
Unit 1 Vocab
Unit 2 Vocab
Unit 3 Vocab
Class notes
100

What has the basic structure of an introduction, body, and conclusion paragraph?

Academic essay

100

Food made from grain, especially one such as cornflakes, eaten as breakfast in some countries.

Cereal

100

Someone who travels a long distance to work every day.

Commuter

100

Spoken, not written.

Verbal

100

What is it called whenever you are speaking to an audience?

Public Speaking

200

This is a statement of opinion, NOT fact, in the introduction paragraph.

Thesis statement

200

Cook, or be cooked, by dry heat.

Roast

200

Help to advance or improve.

Boost

200
A picture on the screen of a tv, cinema, or computer.

Image

200

This is what you provide in your text after all information that is NOT yours originally. 

Citation

300

Every text, or piece of writing, should have THIS at the very beginning.

Title

300

A measure used to show the amount of heat or energy that a food will produce.

Calorie

300

The system of buses, trains, etc. which people use to travel.

Transit

300

Not connected.

Unrelated

300

This is one of the most serious offenses in the academic world- when you copy someone else's work and don't give them credit.

Plagiarism

400

This puts forward a specific opinion which allows further development.

Topic sentence

400

put into boiling water for a short time, usually in order to remove their skins.

Blanch

400

Working or continuing in the normal or usual way.

Business-as-usual

400

The aim of giving money, goods, or help to people who are sick, poor, etc.

Charity

400

This reading skill involves quickly looking over text for specific details to make gathering information more efficient.

Scanning

500

This is another word for REPEATING an idea word for word.

Reiterate

500

When the browning of food occurs when cooked to give them flavor.

Maillard reaction

500

Having a strong belief that everything can be perfect, often in a way that does not seem to be realistic or practical.

Utopian

500

Related to the process of knowing, understanding, and learning something.

Cognitive

500

You insert this in the paragraph AFTER providing a piece of evidence to support your main idea.

In-text citation