Academic Vocabulary

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.

Question 3

Figurative Language

Answer 3

language that contains or uses figures of speech.

Question 4

Dialouge

Answer 4

conversation between two or more persons.

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time.

Question 6

Paraphrase

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Morph

Answer 7

an individual of one particular form, as a worker ant, in a species that occurs in two or more forms.

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Central idea

Answer 9

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 10

Judgement

Answer 10

the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances.

Question 11

Claim

Answer 11

to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due:

Question 12

Thesis

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Convey

Answer 13

to carry, bring, or take from one place to another;

Question 14

Pronoun

Answer 14

any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases.

Question 15

Connotation

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Denotation

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Precise

Answer 17

definitely or strictly stated.

Question 18

Verb

Answer 18

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 19

Adverb

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Significant

Answer 20

important; of consequence.

Question 21

Allusion

Answer 21

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

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

the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator’s outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters.

Question 24

Imagery

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Repetition

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Symbolism

Answer 26

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