Academic Vocabulary

Question 1

intervene

Answer 1

to get involved
verb
the former friend fails to intervene.

Question 2

depicts

Answer 2

to represent in an art form
verb
The illustrations depict artifacts, ceremonies, paintings and people

Question 3

directive

Answer 3

serving to direct, management.
adjective
the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members.

Question 4

solicit

Answer 4

to ask for
verb
Leina and Melora solicited contributions.

Question 5

foray

Answer 5

initial attempt.
noun
the movie was her first foray behind the camera.

Question 6

cite

Answer 6

to quote (a passage, book, article, etc) as support or proof of an argument; to give credit to the source.
verb
i cited the work that wasn’t mine.

Question 7

direct quotation

Answer 7

when you copy an authors words verbatim and use the exact wording in your writing.
pronoun
example: As my coach explained, “We lost the game because we didn’t work as a team.”

Question 8

punctuation

Answer 8

the marks in a piece of writing that make its meaning
noun
example: periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, etc…