Academic Vocab

Question 1

cite

Answer 1

to mention in support, proof, or confirmation

Question 2

context

Answer 2

the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.

Question 3

relavent

Answer 3

appropiate

Question 4

Figurative Language

Answer 4

Figures of Speech

Question 5

dialouge

Answer 5

the conversation between characters

Question 6

tone

Answer 6

in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

Question 7

mood

Answer 7

a distinctive emotional quality or character:

Question 8

paraphase

Answer 8

a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.

Question 9

theme

Answer 9

a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.

Question 10

Central Idea

Answer 10

The 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. The central idea can be best described as the dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in the story.

Question 11

judgement

Answer 11

the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion:

Question 12

claim

Answer 12

to assert or maintain as a fact:

Question 13

CONVEY

Answer 13

to communicate; impart; make known

Question 14

Connotation

Answer 14

something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described:

Question 15

Denotation

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

Precise

Answer 16

being exactly that and neither more nor less

Question 17

Verb

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

Adverb

Answer 18

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).

Question 19

Significant

Answer 19

having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive

Question 20

Allusion

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Flashback

Answer 21

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 22

Point Of View

Answer 22

the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator’s outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters.

Question 23

Imagery

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Repetition

Answer 24

the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated

Question 25

Symbolism

Answer 25

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