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:
relevant
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
figurative language
metaphors.lots of metaphors
dialouge
conversation between two or more persons.
mood
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a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:
paraprhase
a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
theme
subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition
central idea
central idea is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.
judgement
the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion:
claim
to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due:
convey
to transport
pronoun
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases,
connotation
the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”.
dict
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, as very in very nice, much in much more impressive, and tomorrow in She'll write to you tomorrow. They relate to what they modify by indicating place (I promise to be there), time (Do your homework now!), manner (She sings beautifully), circumstance (He accidentally dropped the glass when the bell rang), degree (I'm very happy to see you), or cause (I draw, although badly). See also sentence adverb.
significant
important; of consequence
