09ENG: Terminology for assessment

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Academic

Relating to education and scholarship.

Adjective

A word naming an attribute of a noun.

Annotation

A note by way of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram.

Antonym

A word opposite in meaning to another.

Appositives

A noun of a noun phrase that adds information.

Communication

The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Comprehension

The ability to understand something.

Conjunction

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

Consolidation

The action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole.

Dependent Clause

A group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not make complete sense.

Description

A spoken or written account of a person, object or event.

Dynamic

(of a process or system) characterised by constant change, activity, or progress.

Era

A long and distinct period of history.

Etymology

The origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning.

Euphemism

A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Exclamation

Used to introduce an exclamation of surprise, admiration or a similar emotion.

Explanation

A statement or account that makes something clear.

Expository

Intended to explain or describe something.

Fiction

Literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.

Genre

A style or category of art, music, or literature.

Homonym

Each of two or more words that have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.

Homophone

Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Imperative

Giving an authoritative command.

Independent Clause

A clause that forms a complete sentence by itself having a subject and a predicate.

Inference

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Informative

Providing useful or interesting information.

Interrogative

Having the force of a question.

Language

The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.

Literacy

The ability to read and write.

Literature

Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.

Meaning

Implied or explicit significance.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Morphology

The study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.

Narrative

A spoken or written account of events; a story.

Noun

A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.

Nonfiction

Prose writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional.

Personification

The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human.

Predicate

The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject.

Preposition

A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in a clause.

Proverb

A short, well-known pithy saying, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

Purpose

The reason for which something is done or created.

Rhetorical Question

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Scanning

Look quickly but not very thoroughly through (a document or other text) in order to identify relevant information.

Simile

Comparison of one thing to another thing of a different kind.

Skimming

The action of reading something quickly to get the important points.

Statement

A definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing.

Structure

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

Subject

A noun or noun phrase functioning as one of the main components of a clause, being the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.

Synonym

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

Verb

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.