7th Grade Word List: Language Arts
Words for students of 7th Grade, the page is for arts words (List 1), which are essential vocabulary for 7th Grade academic classes.
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| 7th Grade: 7th Grade Word List: Language Arts (List 1) |
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anecdote 
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography | |
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argue
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invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate | |
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assume
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suppose; presume; take on; bear | |
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assumption
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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 | |
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clarification
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process of making things clearer or easier to understand | |
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connotation
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an idea that is implied or suggested; what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | |
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convention
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social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states | |
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debate
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discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points | |
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denotation
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meaning or indication; distinguishing by name; something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes | |
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description
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act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words | |
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explicit
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precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken | |
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expository
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explanatory; serving to explain | |
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figurative
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not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech | |
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fluency
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quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language | |
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illogical
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lacking orderly continuity; lacking in correct logical relation | |
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implicit
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implied or understood though not directly expressed | |
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inconsistency
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state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness | |
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infinitive
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the uninflected form of the verb | |
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irony
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expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult | |
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logical
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reasonable; based on known statements or events or conditions | |
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nominative
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serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb | |
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objective
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not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality | |
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parallel structure
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balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure | |
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prose
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality | |
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revision
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modification; correction; act of altering | |
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