SpringBoard Unit 2 Vocabulary

a secondary plot that occurs along with the main plot

to give and receive information which involves movements, gestures, or facial expressions

the process of examining closely and commenting on the elements of a literary work

a logical guess or assumption about something that has not yet happened

a type of literary genre that tells a fictional story

a logical guess or conclusion based on observation, prior experience, or textual evidence

a kind of thinking and writing which seriously explores the significance of an experience, idea

a sentence that states the main ideas of a paragraph

to give and receive information which involves written or spoken word

a type of writing that explains, defines, clarifies, or gives information about a topic

include evidence (facts, statistics, examples) that support the topic sentence

to form by combining parts or elements into a single unified piece

to identify similarities in two or more items

to identify differences in two or more items