LA10 Springboard Vocab Unit 1

The way a writer or speaker uses words and tone to express ideas; their persona or personality.

Accepting something as true.

Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the senses and create a picture.

The writer's central idea or main message about life.

Anything that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level.

Proof that an opinion is wrong or false.

An individual's view or outlook on a topic.

A reference to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or literary work.

Combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea.

A position taken on an arguable viewpoint.

A struggle or problem in a story.

Imaginative language not meant to be taken literally, such as similes and metaphors.

An opposing viewpoint.

A set of statements, each supporting the other, that presents a position or viewpoint.

An interpretive statement articulating the central meaning of the text.

Refers to the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.