Academic Vocab Flash Cards TEST GRADE
assertive tone
Stern and with authority
Analysis
Close examination
Inference
Using evidence and reasoning to reach a conclusion
Details
Features, facts, or items
Theme
Moral or lesson learned
Central idea
The most important thought of a paragraph or larger section of text
Development
Process of developing or being developed
Refined
Precise
Emerges
Become known
Bias
Prejudiced in favor of or against
Objective summary
No opinions or feelings
Complex character
Many different characters and they develop throughout the story
Plot (include all plot elements)
The sequence and development of events;
+Exposition—introduced the characters and settings
+Rising Action—builds tension/suspense, attempts to sole the primary conflict of the story
+Climax—peak of the story
+Falling Action—the beginning of the end
+Resolution—how the problem is resolved or ends
Characterization
Displays physical characteristics, personality traits, motivations, private thoughts, and actions
Conflict
The problem or disagreement
Connotation
Emotional meaning, not the literary meaning
Denotation
Dictionary definition
Figurative language
Doesn’t use a word’s strict or realistic meaning
Simile
Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
Comparison without the use of ‘like’ or ‘as’
Personification
Giving human characteristics to non humane things
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Tone
The author’s attitude towards a given subject
Formal vs. informal tone
+formal—direct and thorough (professional)
+informal—conversational and similar to how you speak to a friend
Context
The background or setting
Text structure (list the types and a description)
+text structure: the author’s way of organizing the text
+description: describes
+Compare & Contrast: differences and similarities
+Chronological: in time sequence
+Problem & Solution: a solution is presented to the problem presented
+Cause & Effect: this happens because of that
Suspense/mystery/tension
Excited or anxious
Parallel plot
Two or more separate stories that usually link by the end
Flashback
Interjected scene that flashes back in time
Foreshadowing
Interjected scene or detail that classes to the future
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
Allusion
Reference to something well-known
Paradox
Contradictory statement
Understatement
Extreme downplaying
Logical fallacy
An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid
Emotional appeals
Persuasion of the audience by intentionally evoking certain emotions
Context
The background or setting
Claim
Assertion of the truth of something
Counterclaim
A claim made to rebut a previous claim
Point of View (first person, second person, third person limited, third omniscient, third objective)
+POV: how the story’s told
+First: the narrator is the character
+Second: the reader is part of the story
+Third Limited: knows one person’s thoughts and feelings
+Omniscient: knows everyone’s thoughts and feelings
+ Objective: the doesn’t show any thoughts or feelings
Transitions
Allow for easier flow through the story
Thesis statement
Consist summary of the main point or claim
Formal writing style
Standard English, more complex sentences, lack of slang terms
Objective tone
Impersonal style that gives the reader info about something but doesn’t include info about the writer
Alliteration
Repetition of the consonance sound at the beginning of a word
Assonance
The repetition of the sound of a vowel
Convey
Transport or carry to a place
Author’s purpose
The reason he/she writes it
Informative Essay (list the elements)
Non-fiction writing piece
+intro: hook, brief summary of the story/background, thesis statement
+body: point, evidence, explain, link
+conclusion: brief summary, thesis restatement
Narrative Essay (list the elements)
Telling a story
+character, plot, eating, POV, conflict, style, dialogue (usually)
Argumentative/Persuasive Essay (list the elements)
Uses logic and reason to show that one idea is or legitimate than another
+conclusion, claim, counterclaim, evidence
