Academic Vocab Flashcards
cite
to mention in support, proof, or confirmation;
context
the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect
figurative language
language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
dialogue
conversation between two or more persons.
tone
an accent peculiar to a person, people, locality, etc., or a characteristic mode of sounding words in speech.
mood
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time
paraphrase
a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
elaborate
worked out with great care and nicety of detail
theme
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition
central idea
unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story
judgement
an act or an instance of judging
claim
to assert or maintain as a fact
thesis
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections
convey
to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport
connotation
something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described
denotation
the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience.
precise
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed
verb
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
adverb
any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, as modifiers of adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases
protagonist
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work
antagonist
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary
significant
important; of consequence
repetition
the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
imagery
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
flashback
a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work
point-of-view
a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint
symbolism
the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
allusion
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
