Academic Literacy

Ms. Wallingford (United States of America)
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  1. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
    Other parts, such as allusions to Hurricane Sandy, felt bolted on and contrived.
  2. schema
    an organized representation of concepts or actions
  3. sensory
    involving or derived from the senses
  4. cognitive
    relating to or involving the mental process of knowing
  5. monitor
    someone who observes to ensure fairness or prevent mistakes
  6. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  7. annotate
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  8. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  9. dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
  10. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
  11. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  12. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  13. imply
    express or state indirectly
  14. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  15. commentary
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration
  16. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  17. revise
    make changes to
  18. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  19. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  20. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
  21. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  22. craft
    the skilled practice of a practical occupation
  23. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  24. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  25. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  26. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  27. concrete
    capable of being perceived by the senses
  28. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  29. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  30. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  31. figurative
    not literal
  32. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  33. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  34. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  35. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
Created on Wed Sep 18 14:35:31 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Sep 18 14:51:24 EDT 2013)

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