Academic vocab flash cards
Assertive tone
Spoken strongly and with authority
Analysis
Careful examination of the parts and structure of a text
Inference
Educated guess based off of evidence
Details
Specific or particular things and facts
Theme
The main topic of writing or a speech
Central idea
short overview summary of an entire piece of writing
Development
The evolution of something as its developed or being developed
Refined
Improved to make perfect
Emerges
Something becomes important
Bias
In favor or against one thing more than another
Objective summary
Summary without opinions or judgements
Complex character
Character that develops with different traits
Plot
How the main events develop in a story; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Characterization
The making of a fictional character
Conflict
The problems in a story that lead to later events
Connotation
The emotions a word gives off
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Figurative language
Literary tool that uses words or phrases to create different effects
Simile
Phrase that uses like or as
Metaphor
Comparison of two things without using like or as
Personification
Describing non-living things with human like characteristics
Hyperbole
Where statements are exaggerated and are not meant literally
Tone
writers feelings toward a subject
Formal vs. informal tone
Formal is straightforward and detailed; informal is how one would speak to a friend
