academic vocab Flashcards
1
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context
A
specific part of a passage
2
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figurative language
A
figure of speech
3
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dialogue
A
conversation
4
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tone
A
the attitude of a person and how they say it
5
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paraphrase
A
to restate the meaning or rewording
6
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elaborate
A
detail
7
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theme
A
subject of discourse or discussion
8
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the central idea
A
unifying element of the story witch ties it together of other fiction books
9
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judgment
A
the ability to make decisions
10
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claim
A
a demand as right or due
11
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thesis
A
a subject of essay composition
12
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convey
A
to communicate , impart , or make known
13
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pronoun
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a substitute or replacement for nouns such as, she ,he ,who, what, this ,you ,as and , I
14
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connotation
A
the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
15
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denotation
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a word that means or signifies something
