Academic Vocabulary List #1

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a phrase made of a noun and a participle (verb with -ing or -ed) that modifies an independent clause

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Absolute phrase

Front

Also called a relative clause,

it is a type of dependent clause that works to describe a noun in a sentence.

It functions as an adjective even though it's made up of a group of words instead of just one word.

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Adjective Clause

Front

A dependent clause containing a subject and verb that acts as an adverb to modify the main clause of a sentence.

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Adverb Clause

Front

a morpheme (smallest unit of language) that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form

(HINT: the word "fix"
can also mean "attach")

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Affix

Front

a story within a story about politics, religion, or morality which has a deeper meaning.

a narration or description in which events, actions, characters, settings, or objects represent specific abstractions or ideas.

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Allegory

Front

the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent (next to each other) or closely connected words

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Alliteration

Front

a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is assumed to be familiar.

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Allusion

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a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea

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Analogy

Front

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

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Anecdote

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to add notes to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment

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Annotate