Springboard Unit 1 Literary Terms

Imaginative language that is not meant to be literal.

A type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events.

Study the details of a work to identify essential meaning.

Clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot

A work of fiction that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that deals with conflict.

The exact, literal meaning of a word.

Writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response and a reflection.

Struggles within ones self or emotions.

Conversation between characters.

The suggested or implied meaningor emotion associated with a word.

The order in which events happen.

Words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing.

The time and place in which a narrative occurs.

An initial action or event that makes something else happen.

The methods a writer uses to develop characters through discussion, action, and dialogue.

A comparison between two unlike things, using 'like' or 'as'.

The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.

Words or information that appeal to the five senses.

A kind of metaphor that gives objects human characteristics.

The perspective from which a story is told.

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

The result of an event or action.

A comparison between two unlike things where one thing becomes another.

A character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature.

The sequence of related events that make up a story.