anecdote short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
argue invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate |
assume suppose; presume; take on; bear |
assumption a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; the act of taking possession of or power over something |
clarification process of making things clearer or easier to understand |
connotation an idea that is implied or suggested; what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression |
convention social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states |
debate discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points |
denotation meaning or indication; distinguishing by name; something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes |
description act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words |
explicit precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken |
expository explanatory; serving to explain |
figurative not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech |
fluency quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language |
illogical lacking orderly continuity; lacking in correct logical relation |
implicit implied or understood though not directly expressed |
inconsistency state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness |
infinitive the uninflected form of the verb |
irony expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult |
logical reasonable; based on known statements or events or conditions |
nominative serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb |
objective not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality |
parallel structure balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure |
prose essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality |
revision modification; correction; act of altering |