Springboard 9th grade Unit 2 Vocab quiz

Methods a director uses to communicate meaning and evoke emotional responses from viewers

A writer’s (or speaker’s) attitude toward a subject, character, or audience.

The expression of opinions about a situation or event

Occurs when something turns out to be quite different from what is expected.

the explanations about the significance or importance of supporting details

Is a statement (often one sentence) that summarizes the key details of a text.

These are references an author makes to people, places, or events in or history.

The distinctive way a writer uses language

Refers to the use of words to describe one thing in terms to another

Is the central message of a literary work.

The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work, effect of the words on the audience.

Uses the exact meanings, or denotations, of words.

Occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite.

Occurs when the reader the audience knows more about the circumstances than the characters.

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

is an account written by a person about his or her own life.

A description or account of someone else’s life.