Unit 2: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. compare
    consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
  2. contrast
    put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
  3. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  4. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  5. communication
    the activity of conveying information
  6. verbal
    communicated in the form of words
  7. nonverbal
    not using spoken or written language to communicate
  8. synthesize
    combine so as to form a more complex product
  9. topic sentence
    a statement that provides the main idea of a paragraph
  10. commentary
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration
  11. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  12. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  13. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  14. analysis
    literary criticism considering the structure of a text
  15. introduction
    the first section of a communication
  16. hook
    anything that serves as an enticement
  17. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  18. conclusion
    the last section of a communication
  19. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  20. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  21. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
Created on Tue Jan 05 12:30:40 EST 2021 (updated Tue Jan 05 14:50:12 EST 2021)

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