| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document |
| Synonyms: | discourse, dissertation, essay, thesis, tract, treatise |
| Main Entry: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specification, statement, story, summarization, summary, tale, version, vignette, writeup, yarn |
| Antonyms: | misrepresentation |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
| Synonyms: | address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, gabfest, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, tractate, treatise, utterance, verbalization |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | dissertation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly thesis |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, commentary, critique, discourse, disputation, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, tractate, treatise |
| Notes: | thesis is for a master's degree and a dissertation is for a doctorate |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
| Synonyms: | account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposé, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise |
| Main Entry: | memoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of experiences |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, annal, autobiography, bio, biography, chronicle, confessions, diary, discourse, dissertation, essay, journal, life, life story, memory, monograph, narrative, note, recollection, register, reminiscence, thesis, tractate, transactions, treatise, vita |
| Main Entry: | paper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thesis, article |
| Synonyms: | analysis, assignment, composition, critique, dissertation, essay, examination, monograph, report, script, study, theme, treatise |
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critique; summary |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analysis, appraisal, article, assessment, blurb, book review, canvass, column, comment, commentary, criticism, discourse, discussion, dissertation, essay, evaluation, exposition, inspection, investigation, journal, judgment, magazine, mention, monograph, notice, organ, outline, pan, periodical, recapitulation, redraft, reviewal, revision, study, synopsis, theme, thesis, treatise, write-up |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing, outline |
| Synonyms: | account, adumbration, aperçu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, configuration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, figuration, figure, form, illustration, likeness, monograph, painting, picture, piece, plan, portrayal, précis, report, representation, rough, shape, skeleton, summary, survey, syllabus, version, vignette |