academic vocab

Question 1

cite

Answer 1

to mention in support, proof, or confirmation

Question 2

context

Answer 2

the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect

Question 3

dialogue

Answer 3

conversation between two or more persons.

Question 4

tone

Answer 4

a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood:

Question 5

mood

Answer 5

a distinctive emotional quality or character:

Question 6

elaborate

Answer 6

worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness:

Question 7

theme

Answer 7

a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition

Question 8

judgement

Answer 8

the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind:

Question 9

claim

Answer 9

to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.)

Question 10

thesis

Answer 10

a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections

Question 11

convey

Answer 11

to communicate; impart; make known:

Question 12

pronoun

Answer 12

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

Question 13

connotation

Answer 13

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

Question 14

denotation

Answer 14

a word that names or signifies something specific

Question 15

verb

Answer 15

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 16

adverb

Answer 16

a word that modifies verbs