Academic Vocabulary

Structure

• 1 to plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something

• 2 a random collection of items

• 3 a temporary arrangement of elements

• 4 the way that something is arranged or organized

Author's Perspective

• A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.

• A detailed analysis of a literary work.

• A summary of the main ideas in a text.

• A critique of the author's writing style.

Affix

• a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning; a prefix or suffix

• a type of punctuation used in writing

• a synonym for a word

• a grammatical error in a sentence

Root

• a word or part of a word from which other words are obtained by adding a prefix or suffix

• a type of plant structure that anchors it to the ground

• the main part of a word that carries meaning

• a word that has no meaning on its own

Idiom

• a phrase that means something different than its literal meaning

• a type of metaphor used in poetry

• a grammatical structure in a sentence

• a synonym for a common word

Analyze

• To examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it.

• To ignore the details and focus on the overall picture.

• To summarize the main points without going into detail.

• To compare two or more items superficially.

Audience

• The people who watch, read, or listen to something.

• A group of performers in a theater.

• A type of media content.

• A method of communication.

Develop

• To grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

• To decrease in size or importance.

• To remain static and unchanged.

• To simplify or make less complex.

Idioms

• a phrase that means something different than its literal meaning

• a type of metaphor used in poetry

• a grammatical structure in English

• a synonym for proverbs

Cite

• to speak or write words taken from a particular writer or written work, giving credit to the original source

• to create a summary of a text without referencing the original source

• to ignore the original source and present the information as one's own

• to refer to a source without providing any details about it