Academic/ Vocab Flashcards
CITE
to mention in support,proof, or confirmation
Context
the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.
DIALOUGE
the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
TONE
in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
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:
THEME
a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.
CENTRAL IDEA
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
JUDGEMENT
the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively
CLAIM
to assert or maintain as a fact:
THESIS
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
CONVEY
Law. to transfer; pass the title to.
PRONOUN
one of a class of words that serves to replace a noun phrase that has already been or is about to be mentioned in the sentence or context pron
CONNOTATION
something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described:
DENOTATION
something that denotes; mark; symbol
PRECISE
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
VERB
ACTS
allusion
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:
flashback
a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event
point of view
a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint:
imagery
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively:
repetition
the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
symbolism
the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
