academic vocab

Question 1

cite

Answer 1

to mention in support, proof, or confirmation

Question 2

relevent

Answer 2

connect to sudgect

Question 3

figurative language

Answer 3

language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.

Question 4

dialouge

Answer 4

is a conversation with a center, not sides

Question 5

mood

Answer 5

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:

What’s the boss’ mood today?

Question 6

elaborate

Answer 6

worked out with great care and nicety of detail

Question 7

theme

Answer 7

a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition

Question 8

claim

Answer 8

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Question 9

thesis

Answer 9

a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

Question 10

convey

Answer 10

to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.

Question 11

pronoun

Answer 11

a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

Question 12

cannotation

Answer 12

the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes

Question 13

denotation

Answer 13

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Question 14

central idea

Answer 14

the dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in the story.

Question 15

judgement

Answer 15

the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions

Question 16

context

Answer 16

the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Question 17

paraphrase

Answer 17

express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Question 18

precise

Answer 18

marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

Question 19

noun

Answer 19

Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier

Question 20

verb

Answer 20

Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier

Question 21

adjective

Answer 21

any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying.

Question 22

adverb

Answer 22

an adverb descrides a verb

Question 23

significant

Answer 23

sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.

Question 24

repoition

Answer 24

the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

Question 25

imagery

Answer 25

the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively

Question 26

flashback

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

point of view

Answer 27

a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint

Question 28

symbolism

Answer 28

the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.

Question 29

allusion

Answer 29

a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication