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9-10 Academic Vocabu
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| academic | Having to do with school or what you learn in school. |
| accurate/accuracy | Free from mistakes or error; flawless |
| adjective clause | A clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun |
| advance | To move forward |
| adverbial clause | A dependent clause used as an adverb in a sentence to indicate time, place, condition, contrast, concession, reason, purpose, or result. |
| affix | A part added to the root of a word to change its meaning. A part added to the front of a word is known as a prefix. One added to added to the back is known as a suffix. |
| allusion | A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something |
| analogy | A comparison of two diffferent things that are similar in some way |
| analyze/analysis | Examining parts to understand how they work together to create meaning as a whole. |
| anticipate | To look forward to; expect. |
| argument | Verbal exchange between people with opposite views |
| article | A written piece often found in a newspaper or magazine |
| audience | Those reached by means of television, radio, or printed matter. |
| author’s purpose | The reason the author created the writing. |
| bibliography | A list of writings with time and place of publication |
| central idea | he main thought or focus of a work of literature. |
| chronological order | Events are presented in the order in which they occur |
| citation page | A page dedicated to recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
| claim | To state (something) as true although not proven to be; assert, contend. |
| clause | A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence. A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document. |
| collaboration | Working together toward a common goal. |
| compare/contrast | How two things are alike and how they are different |
| conclude/conclusion | An opinion that you form after thinking about many things. Also means an ending or result. |
| conflict | A problem or disagreement between people, society, or nature |
| connotative/connotation | A meaning suggested by a word or an expression in addition to its exact meaning |
| context clues | Clues given in a passage as to the meaning of the word |
| credible | Believable or plausible. |
| descriptive language | Words intended to create a mood, person, place, thing, event, emotion, or experience. |
| dialogue | A talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, or novel. |
| direct quote | The reproduction of a speaker's exact words, set within quotation marks and cited. |
| drawing conclusions | Making a decision or voicing an opinion based on reasoning or inferring |
| edit/editing | To correct and revise |
| explicit | Said or written in a clear and direct way. |
| exposition | Writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; the beginning part of a story |
| external conflict | A struggle against an outside force, which may be another character, society, or nature |
| fact/factual | A statement that can be proven |
| falling action | In the plot, this action occurs after the climax, when conflicts are resolved and problems solved. |
| fiction | A story that is not true or is made up |
| figurative language | Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of the words; the use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner. |
| foreshadowing | A writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the plot. |
| formal language | Language spoken according to the rules of English. It sounds more educated and professional. |
| genre | A category of art, music, or literature |
| hyperbole | A figure of speech in which a statement is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. |
| iambic pentameter | A five‐beat poetic line with a stressed unstressed syllabic pattern |
| imagery | Language that appeals to the senses...sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. |
| inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning |
| informal language | Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary, casual, or familiar use |
| informative/explanatory writing | Writing that provides factual information and that often explains ideas/teaches processes. |
| internal conflict | A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character. |
| introduce | To bring to one's notice or into one's experience. |
| irony | A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens. |
| literary nonfiction | Like fiction, except that the characters, setting, and plot are real rather than imaginary. |
| main idea | The most important idea expressed in a piece of writing. |
| metaphor | A comparison of two things that have something in common...it states one thing is something else. |
| mood | The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. |
| narrator | A person or character who tells a story. |
| nonfiction | Writing that tells about real people, places, and events. |
| omniscient | Having total knowledge |
| onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning...meow, buzz, splash. x |
| opinion | A personal judgment that someone thinks is true, but that may be true or false |
| oxymoron | A combination of contradictory words, such as "tiny giant" |
| personification | To give human qualities to something that isn’t human. |
| plot | The story line or order of events in a book, play, or movie. |
| point of view | A way of thinking about or looking at something. |
| prefix | A letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning |
| primary source | An original source of the information being discussed such as a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person. |
| problem/solution | A text structure which identifies and describes a problem and then offers one or more possible solutions |
| protagonist | The main character in fiction or drama...the person who sets the plot in motion. |
| purpose | A reason or plan that guides an action; design or goal. |
| resolution | The portion of a play or story where the central problem is solved. |
| revise/revision | To correct or edit so as to improve |
| rising action | The events in a story that move the plot forward, which involves conflicts and complications. |
| salutation | An expression of greeting or goodwill |
| sensory language | Wording that describes how something feels, tastes, looks, or sounds. |
| setting | The time and place of the action in a story, play, or poem. |
| simile | A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as |
| slang | A kind of language used in playful and casual speech, not to be used in formal speech or writing |
| soliloquy | A speech voicing his or her own thoughts as if to himself. |
| subordinate clause | A group of words that has both a subject and a verb; cannot stand alone as a sentence |
| suffix | One or more letters added to the end of a root (base) word that changes the word’s meaning |
| summary/summarize | A statement presenting the main points, a brief retelling of the main points |
| symbol | An object or picture that represents something else. |
| theme | The main subject for a work of literature, art, or music |
| thesis statement | The sentence or two in your text that contains the focus of your essay and tells your reader what the essay is going to be about. |
| tone | An expression of a writer’s attitude toward a subject. |
| tragedy | A serious drama with a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion |
| Antonym | Opposite meaning |
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