Vocab list 5

A change or set of changes that corrects or improves something.

• connotative language

• precise

• revision

• context

being exact or sharply defined.

• purge

• error

• figurative language

• precise

not clearly stated

• context

• vague

• figurative language

• revision

a mistake

• technical language

• revision

• error

• purge

the text that comes before or after unknown words to help the reader figure out the meaning

• context

• inappropriate shift

• revision

• error

words or phrases that are different from their usual or literal meaning

• connotative language

• purge

• context

• figurative language

words that show feelings about a topic (positive, negative, neutral)

• technical language

• inappropriate shift

• connotative language

• error

writing that is about a specific subject area (music, biology, etc)

• technical language

• purge

• vague

• revision

to clear or empty

• precise

• error

• context

• purge

not suiting; not keeping with what is correct or proper.

• context

• vague

• inappropriate shift

• revision