Academic Vocabulary English

The emotional associations of a word...

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Style

• Tone

The deliberate arrangement of words and phrases to form a sentence...

• Syntax

• Diction

• Parallel structure

• Tone

Exigence is...

• The "spark"

• What motivates the speaker

• The problem the speaker needs to solve or address

• All of these

A speaker's attitude towards the subject or message is...

• The mood

• The attitude

• The tone

• The style

A sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls the audience to action is called...

• an inverted sentence

• an imperative sentence

• a commanding sentence

• a hortative sentence

A sentence that commands the audience to do something is called...

• an imperative sentence

• a hortative sentence

• a parallel sentence

• an inverted sentence

Irony is...

• the expected

• sarcasm

• a plot device

• the unexpected; the incongruous

Hubris is defined as...

• excessive pride

• too little pride

• having a great sense of importance

• making many big mistakes

Transcend means to ____________ the ordinary

• fail to meet

• appreciate

• go beyond

• leave behind

VOCABULARY

4.

• BURGLAR

• BAIL

• FELON

• ARRESTED