Academic Vocabulary List 1

Hands shaking, I sat down to take the test is an example of a(n)

• aphorism

• absolute phrase

• adjective clause

• adverb clause

A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form

• allegory

• annotate

• Affix
• alliteration

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

The Three Little Pigs

• apostrophe

• anecdote

• allegory

• analogy

A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or completes with another

• antecedent

• alliteration

• analogy

• antagonist

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

• abstract

• affix

• analogy
• antagonist

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• antagonist

• Alliteration
• annotate

• affix

If you are lying and I say, "Your nose is growing" --- Pinnochio

• allusion

• analogy

• antecedent

• adverb clause

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

• analogy

• antagonist

• Anecdote
• apostrophe

Add notes to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment

• Annotation

• adjective clause

• aphorism

• affix

The word that the pronoun replaces or refers to

• antecedent
• abstract

• apostrophe

• affix