academic vocab

Question 1

cite

Answer 1

to mention in support, proof or confirmation

Question 2

tone

Answer 2

the attatod of oebody and how they say sosme thing

Question 3

mood

Answer 3

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:

Question 4

paraprase

Answer 4

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

Question 5

elaborate

Answer 5

extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree:

minute differences.

Question 6

theme

Answer 6

a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or compors

Question 7

central idea

Answer 7

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 8

judment

Answer 8

to jud some thin g that you score and or rate

Question 9

claim

Answer 9

a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:

Question 10

convey

Answer 10

to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.

Question 11

pronoun

Answer 11

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 12

connotation

Answer 12

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”.
the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.

Question 13

denotation

Answer 13

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 14

context

Answer 14

the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect:
You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context.

Question 15

connotation

Answer 15

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”.
the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.

Question 16

tone

Answer 16

any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:

Question 17

mood

Answer 17

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:

What’s the boss’ mood today?

Question 18

figrative langugage

Answer 18

Examples from the Web for figurative language Expand
Historical Examples
The misinterpretation of ambiguous or figurative language; 2.

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Henry Lee
Why should one art be contemptuous of the figurative language of another?

Question 19

precise

Answer 19

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:

precise directions.

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

adverb

Answer 21

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 22

significant

Answer 22

As readers, we recognize prefixes, like dis- and un-, as expressing negation. However, there are some clear exceptions to these rules.