Academic Vocab

Question 1

Assertive tone

Answer 1

Showing your point of view in a way that is clear to the reader and or audience.

Question 2

Analysis

Answer 2

Closely studying the passage and understanding its meaning

Question 3

Inference

Answer 3

Making an educated guess based on evidence from the text

Question 4

Details

Answer 4

Pieces of factual information from the text

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

Main message the author wants you to learn

Question 6

Central idea

Answer 6

Main idea of the passage

Question 7

Development

Answer 7

How the character changes overtime

Question 8

Refined

Answer 8

To make more precise

Question 9

Emerges

Answer 9

To come into view

Question 10

Bias

Answer 10

Prejudice in favor or against on a certain topic

Question 11

Objective summary

Answer 11

when the author uses only facts

Question 12

Complex character

Answer 12

A character who has multiple characteristics and changes throughout the story.

Question 13

Plot

Answer 13

Sequence of events in which each event affects the next one.

Question 14

Conflict

Answer 14

A literary device that shows the struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivational.

Question 15

Characterization

Answer 15

The act of creating and describing characters in literature

Question 16

Connotation

Answer 16

An implied meaning that’s associated with a word in addition to its literal

Question 17

Denotation

Answer 17

The objective meaning of a word

Question 18

Figurative language

Answer 18

A literary device that uses words or phrases for effect, humorous, or exaggeration purposes, instead of their literal translation

Question 19

Simile

Answer 19

Using like or as to compare two unlike things

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Not using like or as to compare two or more things

Question 21

Hyperbole

Answer 21

An extreme exaggeration

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

Giving nonhuman objects human characteristics

Question 23

Tone

Answer 23

How the author feels toward a topic

Question 24

Formal vs. informal tone

Answer 24

Formal is proper informal is slang

Question 25

Context

Answer 25

Evidence from the text

Question 26

Text Structure

Answer 26

How the text is presented

Question 27

Suspense/mystery/tension

Answer 27

Suspense is a feeling you feel when emotions build up.

Question 28

Parallel plot

Answer 28

The writer weaves two or more dramatic plots that are usually linked by a common character and a similar theme

Question 29

Flashback

Answer 29

When a character goes back in time

Question 30

Foreshadowing

Answer 30

Telling us something before it happens in the story

Question 31

Rhetoric

Answer 31

A style of writing used to persuade the reader

Question 32

Allusion

Answer 32

An implied or indirect reference to a person place or thing

Question 33

Understatement

Answer 33

A judging statement meant to be taking seriously

Question 34

Logical fallacy

Answer 34

argument that may sound convincing or true but is actually flawed

Question 35

Emotional appeals

Answer 35

To evoke certain emotions through writing

Question 36

Context

Answer 36

The type of setting and circumstances in which a piece of writing is written

Question 37

Claim

Answer 37

The main argument of an essay

Question 38

Counterclaim

Answer 38

An argument that argues in opposition to the author’s claim

Question 39

Point of view

Answer 39

The writer’s way of deciding who is telling the story

Question 40

Transitions

Answer 40

Words or phrases that tell readers a new thought

Question 41

Thesis statement

Answer 41

Identifies the topic being discussed

Question 42

Formal writing style

Answer 42

An objective approach stating main ideas

Question 43

Objective tone

Answer 43

Arguments use impartial language, which is not personal.

Question 44

Alliteration

Answer 44

Two or more words that appear close together and have the same constant

Question 45

Assonance

Answer 45

Repetitive of the vowel sounds in words that are near each other in a sentence

Question 46

Convey

Answer 46

To show a thought, feeling, or idea to people

Question 47

Author’s purpose

Answer 47

Reason for writing

Question 48

Informative essay elements

Answer 48

Introduction, background, thesis statement, body points

Question 49

Narrative Essay (List the elements)

Answer 49

Plot, characters, pov,setting, conflict and style.

Question 50

Argumentative/persuasive essay (list the element)

Answer 50

Strong claims, prove a claim, provide context