Academic Vocab

Question 1

cite

Answer 1

to mention in support, proof, or confirmation

Question 2

figurative language

Answer 2

language that contains or uses figures of speech,especially meataphors

Question 3

tone

Answer 3

is written composition is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Question 4

mood

Answer 4

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:

Question 5

paraphase

Answer 5

a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

Question 6

theme

Answer 6

a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:

Question 7

claim

Answer 7

to assert and demand the recognition of (a right, title, possession, etc.); assert one’s right to:

Question 8

convey

Answer 8

to communicate; impart; make known:

Question 9

connotation

Answer 9

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

Question 10

denotation

Answer 10

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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience.

Question 11

precise

Answer 11

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:

Question 12

verb

Answer 12

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 13

adverb

Answer 13

any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses,

Question 14

significant

Answer 14

important; of consequence.