ACADEMIC VOCABULARY 1

a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view

• convey

• author's purpose

• paraphrase

• perspective

make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable to someone; communicate a message or information

• personify

• connotation

• convey

• tone

express the meaning of using different words to achieve greater clarity

• mood

• central idea

• paraphrase

• analyze

to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers

• symbolism

• personify

• perspective

• depict

discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination

• central idea

• analyze

• convey

• tone

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• denotation

• author's purpose

• symbolism

• analogy

the author's attitude towards a certain topic

• mood

• depict

• symbolism

• tone

have discussions; exchange ideas

• convey

• confer

• connotation

• denotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to the literal or primary meaning

• connotation

• denotation

• inference

• central idea

the literal or primary meaning of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• inference

• central idea