Shared Flashcard Set

Details

English Vocab
vocab
49
English
8th Grade
04/12/2018

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
acronym
Definition
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word
Term
alliteration
Definition
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Term
anecdote
Definition
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Term
annotated bibliography
Definition
a list of citations to books, articles, and documents.
Term
anthology
Definition
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
Term
British literature
Definition
literature in the English language from the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands
Term
catalog
Definition
a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order, in particular.
Term
chronological order
Definition
is arranged in the order it happened
Term
context
Definition
the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
Term
dialogue
Definition
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
Term
draft editorial
Definition
an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
Term
excerpt
Definition
a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
Term
feeling field guide
Definition
a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
Term
figurative language
Definition
is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Term
homonym
Definition
each of two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling
Term
literary device
Definition
technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing.
Term
literary element
Definition
plot, theme, character and tone
Term
middle sound
Definition
an initial sound, a middle sound
Term
personal essay
Definition
is a short work of autobiographical nonfiction characterized by a sense of intimacy and a conversational manner.
Term
reference
Definition
the action of mentioning or alluding to something.
Term
reference material
Definition
are 'controls' or standards used to check the quality and metrological traceability of products
Term
satire
Definition
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Term
scene
Definition
the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred.
Term
secondary source
Definition
of information is one that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand
Term
speech
Definition
the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
Term
verb
Definition
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
Term
comparative
Definition
perceptible by comparison; relative.
Term
date
Definition
the day of the month or year as specified by a number.
Term
mark paragraph
Definition
a symbol used in printed text to mark a new paragraph or as a reference mark.
Term
possessive
Definition
demanding someone's total attention and love.
Term
superlative
Definition
of the highest quality or degree.
Term
adjective
Definition
a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
Term
adverb
Definition
a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb
Term
author's purpose
Definition
To persuade is the first main type of author's purpose
Term
bibliography
Definition
a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix.
Term
book review
Definition
is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed based on content, style, and merit.
Term
classified ad
Definition
an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like.
Term
classified ad
Definition
an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like.
Term
clause
Definition
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
Term
composition
Definition
the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.
Term
exposition
Definition
the act of expounding, setting forth, or explaining
Term
imperative sentence
Definition
gives a direct command
Term
margin
Definition
the edge or border of something.
Term
memo
Definition
a written message, especially in business.
Term
revision
Definition
the action of revising.
Term
salutation
Definition
a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another's arrival or departure.
Term
tense
Definition
especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid.
Term
topic
Definition
a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.
Term
verb phrase
Definition
the part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!