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Academic Vocabulary
Vocabulary from 2nd quarter.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allusion | A reference to a well known person, place, thing or event |
| Analogy | Is a point by point comparison between two things to show how they are alike. |
| Antonym | The opposite of a word. |
| Argument | A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong. |
| Claim | Stating main point. |
| Clause | A complete idea. |
| Complex Sentence | Has one independent clause and at least a subordinate clause. |
| Compound Sentence | A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses, and has a coordinating conjunction that connects them. |
| Compound-Complex | It's a complex and compound sentence combined. |
| Sentence | A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses. |
| Counter Claim | An opposing statement. |
| Dangling Modifier | Is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. |
| Description | Written representation or account of a person, object, or event. |
| Dialogue | The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, essay, story, or novel. |
| Figurative Language | Words that let us capture the scene, the emotion, the movement and connecting ideas in just a few words. These type of words are called similes, metaphors, extended metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusion and onomatopoeia. |
| Logic | Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity. |
| Narrative | A spoken or written account of connected events; a story. |
| Narrator | A person who tells a story |
| Nuance | A subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc. |
| Opposing Claim | The resistance claim. |
| Organization | A nice put together paragraph, argument, etc. |
| Pacing | Timing of things. |
| Phrase | A small group of words standing together as a unit, forming a component of a clause. |
| Point of View | The position from which something or someone is observed. |
| Sensory Detail | A literary devise to engage and effect the reader. To use the 5 senses. |
| Sequence | The following after another and another. |
| Simple sentence | Has one independent clause and no subordinating clause. |
| Structure | Forms of different ways to write. |
| Synonym | The same meaning of a word. |
| Time Shift | From one time or place to another. |
| Topic | The subject of the argument, essay, etc. |
| Transition | To move from one idea to the text one. |
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