Springboard Unit 1 Vocabulary

a fictional narrative that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that include a conflict

the time and place where the story takes place

to put things in the order; a set of events that follows one after the other

Study the details of a work to identify essential features or meaning.

the methods a writer uses to develop characters; through descriptions, action and dialogue

story based on one’s own life and told in the first person

words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing

language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true

describes a relationship when an action/event produces a response in the form of another event.

the sequence of related events that make up a story

words that appeal to the senses to create mental images of the characters & story details

perspective from which a story or poem is told

compares two unlike things without using the words like or as

conversation between people; in a story, it is the words that characters say

the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work

a character’s struggles with his or her own needs

the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word

a character’s struggles with an outside force such as another character or something in nature

the exact, literal meaning of a word

is figurative language that gives human characteristics to an animal or nonliving thing

compares two unlike things using words such as like or as

refers to clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot of a story