Unit 4: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. agenda
    an organized plan for matters to be attended to
  2. archival
    of a depository containing historical records and documents
  3. footage
    film that has been recorded
  4. annotate
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  5. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
  6. convention
    something regarded as a normative example
  7. documentary
    a film presenting the facts about a person or event
  8. media
    systems of mass communications considered collectively
  9. channel
    a means of communication or access
  10. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  11. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  12. logical fallacy
    an error in reasoning that undermines an argument
Created on November 30, 2021 (updated January 20, 2022)

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