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

relevant

Answer 3

bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand

Question 4

figurative language

Answer 4

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

Question 5

dialouge

Answer 5

conversation between two or more persons.

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 state or quality of feeling at a particular time

Question 8

paraphrase

Answer 8

a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

Question 9

elaborate

Answer 9

worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness

Question 10

theme

Answer 10

a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:

Question 11

central idea

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

judgement

Answer 12

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

Question 13

claim

Answer 13

to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due

Question 14

thesis

Answer 14

a subject for a composition or essay.

Question 15

convey

Answer 15

to communicate; impart; make known:

Question 16

pronoun

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

connotation

Answer 17

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning

Question 18

denotation

Answer 18

the state or form of being dentate.

Question 19

noun

Answer 19

Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities,

Question 20

verb

Answer 20

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 21

adjective

Answer 21

Grammar. 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

describes a verb

Question 23

precise

Answer 23

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed

Question 24

significant

Answer 24

having or expressing a meaning

Question 25

allusion

Answer 25

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

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

imagery

Answer 28

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

Question 29

repetition

Answer 29

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

Question 30

symbolism

Answer 30

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