Course Glossary

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Here are some words that you should be familiar with for this course.

Unless otherwise noted, definitions from Wiktionary. CC BY SA

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Validity

Noun

validity (countable and uncountable, plural validities)

  1. The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

Voice

A component of style that refers to choices of words and sentence structures that create the “sound” of the author’s speech in your mind when you read; using some slang words may create a conversational tone. Sticking to more impersonal and formal vocabulary and complete sentences results in a lecturing or explaining tone.

A Guide to Reading and Analyzing Academic Articles, by Amanda Graham, 1997-2012, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.