Academic Vocab

Question 1

Mood

Answer 1

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time

Question 2

Paraphrase

Answer 2

a restatement of a text or passage in another form, as for clearness; rewording

Question 3

Tone

Answer 3

any sound considered with reference to it’s quality, pitch, strength, source, etc

Question 4

Dialogue

Answer 4

conversation between 2 or more people

Question 5

Figurative Language

Answer 5

languages that contain or uses of speech

Question 6

Relevant

Answer 6

bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand

Question 7

Cite

Answer 7

to quote, especially as an authority

Question 8

Elaborate

Answer 8

worked out with great care and nicety of detail

Question 9

Theme

Answer 9

a discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition

Question 10

Central Idea

Answer 10

central, unifying element of story

Question 11

Judgement

Answer 11

The ability to judge,make a decision, or form an opinion objectively

Question 12

Claim

Answer 12

to assert or maintain as a fact

Question 13

Thesis

Answer 13

a subject for a composition or essay.

Question 14

Convey

Answer 14

o lead or conduct, as a channel or medium; transmit.

Question 15

pronoun

Answer 15

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 16

connotation

Answer 16

something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described

Question 17

Thesis

Answer 17

a subject for a composition or essay.

Question 18

Precise

Answer 18

definite or exact in statement, as a person.

Question 19

Verb

Answer 19

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 20

Adverb

Answer 20

A part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs usually answer such questions as “How?” “Where?” “When?” or “To what degree?” The following italicized words are adverbs: “He ran well”; “She ran very well”; “The mayor is highly capable.”

Question 21

Significant

Answer 21

having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive: