Academic Vocabulary Practice #1

A list of any documents or other resources you have quoted or used to create your work.

• Works Cited Page

• Attribution

• Reference

• Internal Citation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.8

The author's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author's attitude, personality, and character; a persona.

• Voice

• Static Character

• Repetition

• Exposition

When a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Character

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together or helps another verb.

• Verb

• Antonym

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

The act of representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts.

• Understatement

• Logos

• Flashback

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Words that show the relationships among the ideas in a piece of writing to help guide readers through a story or argument.

• Transitions

• Euphemism

• Exposition

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1C

CCSS.W.9-10.2C

The author's attitude is expressed through the words and details he or she selects.

• Tone

• Mood

• Genre

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Point of view either omniscient or limited used to maintain a formal voice.

• Third Person Point of View

• First Person Point of View

• Plot

• Nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1D

CCSS.W.9-10.2E

A short statement, usually one sentence, that serves as a brief outline for the claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.

• Thesis Statement

• Soliloquy

• Point of View

• Premise/Claim

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

A unifying central idea repeated or developed throughout a work; the main message.

• Theme

• Analogy

• Delineate

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2