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
relevent
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent
figurative language
language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
mood
a temporary state of mind or feeling.
paraphrase
express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
elaborate
involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.
judgement
an act or instance of judging.
claim
to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due:
thesis
a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
convey
to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear
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, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
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.”.
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.
vocab 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).
significant
important; of consequence.
symbolism
he practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
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
point of view
a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint:
allusion
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:
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.
