academic vocab

Question 1

contex

Answer 1

the parts written or spoken statement that precede

or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect

Question 2

figurative language

Answer 2

language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.

Question 3

Tone

Answer 3

the mood of a story overall feeling

Question 4

mood

Answer 4

a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude

Question 5

paraphrase

Answer 5

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

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; topic:

Question 8

central idea

Answer 8

The central idea is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

Question 9

judgement

Answer 9

the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion:

Question 10

claim

Answer 10

to assert or maintain as a fact:

Question 11

thesis

Answer 11

a subject for a composition or essay.

Question 12

convey

Answer 12

to communicate; impart; make known

Question 13

pronoun

Answer 13

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, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.

Question 14

connotation

Answer 14

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning

Question 15

denotation

Answer 15

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 16

precise

Answer 16

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:

Question 17

verb

Answer 17

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 18

adverb

Answer 18

any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, as modifiers of adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases, as very in very nice, much in much more impressive, and tomorrow in She'll write to you tomorrow. They relate to what they modify by indicating place (I promise to be there), time (Do your homework now!), manner (She sings beautifully), circumstance (He accidentally dropped the glass when the bell rang), degree (I'm very happy to see you), or cause (I draw, although badly).
See also sentence adverb.

Question 19

significant

Answer 19

having or expressing a meaning; indicative; suggestive:

Question 20

repetition

Answer 20

the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

Question 21

imagery

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the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively:

Question 22

flashback

Answer 22

a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

Question 23

point of view

Answer 23

a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint:

Question 24

symbolism

Answer 24

the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.

Question 25

allusion

Answer 25

a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: