Academic Vocab Flashcards
context
the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.
Dialouge
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
Tone
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
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
Central Idea
The central idea can be best described as the dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in the story.
Judgement
the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.
Claim
to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due
Thesis
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed
Convey
to communicate; impart; make known
Phrases
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
Connotation
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.”.
denotation
the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression
precise
definite or exact in statement, as a person.
