Academic Vocab Flashcards
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.
Dialouge
the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
Tone
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.
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 executed with great minuteness.
Central Idea
unifying element of the story.
Judgement
unifying element of the story.
Claim
to demand by or as by virtue of a right.
Thesis
a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
Convey
to communicate, impart, make known.
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,
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.
