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SB Unit 1 Vocab
Springboard Unit 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sequence | to put things in an order |
| cause-effect | a relationship in which an action or event will produce or cause a certain response or effect in the form of another event |
| transitions | words and phrases that connect ideas in writing and speaking |
| coherence | the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in writing and speaking |
| conflict (external) | the character struggles with an outside force |
| conflict (internal) | the character struggles with his or her own needs or emotions |
| personal narrative | a story based on one's own life and told in the first person |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| connotation | the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word |
| denotation | the literal meaning, or dictionary definition, of a word |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as" |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |
| short story | a fictional narrative that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that include a conflict |
| theme | the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work |
| plot | the sequence of related events that make up a story |
| foreshadowing | clues or hints signaling events that will occur later in the plot of a story |
| personification | figurative language that gives human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object |
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