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Vocabulary 7211218
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | A shortened form of a word or phrase. |
| Acronym | 1. A word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name. 2. A pronounceable word formed from the first letters of a series of words. Example: MADD is the abbreviation of "Mothers Against Drunk Drivers" |
| Alliteration | 1. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. 2. Example: The wild and wooly walrus wondered what we were when we walked by. |
| Ambiguous | 1. (Adj.) not clear; having two or more possible meanings. 2. Literature that is open to opposing interpretations. |
| Bibliography | 1. The works cited list, which is a list of the sources used in a piece of research. 2. A list of all references used in a report (works cited) |
| Citation | 1. An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement. 2. The act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.). 3. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. |
| Clause | 1. (Grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence. 2. A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). 3. Group of words that contain a subject and a verb. |
| Consequence | 1. A result that occurs when rules are broken or ignored. 2. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition. |
| Contemporary | 1. (Adj.) Belonging to the same period of time as oneself; 2. (N.) a person of the same time. |
| Dialogue | 1. A conversation between two persons. 2. The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction. |
| Documentary | 1. Based on or consisting of documents, a presentation built. 2. A work, such as a film, that presents its subject matter factually on factual conditions or historical events. |
| Foreshadow | 1. Indicate by signs. 2. A literary devise that uses clues to help a reader know what will happen later in the story. 3. Clues that suggest what might happen later in the plot. |
| Idiom | 1. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. 2. An expression that can't be taken literally (real) You're putting me on. |
| Memoir | 1. An account of the author's personal experiences. 2. Record or account of events, written from the author's personal knowledge or experience. |
| Personification | 1. Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature. 2. Giving human characteristics (talking, wearing clothes, reading) to animals or objects in a story. |
| Quantitative | 1. To describe the features of an object, organism or group using measurements such as age, weight, or percent. 2. Capable of being measured or expressed as a numerical amount |
| Rhetorical | A question that is asked to gain the interest of the audience but which does not require a direct answer from the audience. |
| Semicolon | 1. A punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period. 2. Punctuation that is used to join two sentences without a conjunction |
| Sequential | 1. In regular succession without gaps. 2. Arranged in order or in a series. 3. Following in a series. |
| Suffix | 1. An ending part to a word that adds to or changes the meaning of the root word. 2. An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits. |
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