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Unit One Vocabulary
Unit One Vocabulary for MyPerspectives
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| author's purpose | an author's reason for wrting; revealed through the writer's choices about language, text sections and features, and overal organization |
| personal narrative | a true, first-person story that recounts a single, meaningful experience from the writer's life |
| first-person point of view | writing from the author/character's own perspective; uses pronouns such as "I", "me", "us" |
| theme | an insight about life that is revealed in a literary work; the moral or message the author wants to convey |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| exposition | the beginning of a story where the setting and main character(s) are introduced and the conflict (problem) is revealed |
| rising action | action that occurs as the conflict becomes more developed and complicated |
| climax | the turning point of the story: things turn from good to bad or bad to good |
| falling action | action that occurs as a result of the climax |
| resolution | the end of the story; when the conflict is resolved |
| conflict | the problem or struggle in the story that drives the action, builds tension, and shapes the plot |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| description | language related to the five senses that shows what people, places, and objects are like |
| central idea | a thesis or main point that an author wants to convey |
| supporting evidence | facts, statistics, examples and more that help support the central idea |
| inference | the process of figuring out something an author does not state directly by combining clues from the text with your own background knowledge |
| anecdote | a brief story that illustrates a point in a nonfiction piece |
| diction | an author's choice of words that suggests his/her purpose ex.- informal, formal, or scientific language |
| syntax | varied sentence structures that help authors achieve purpose ex.= short, breezy sentences may create a humorous effect |
| chronological order | the arrangement of events or items in the exact sequence in which they happen |
| free-verse poetry | poetry that "breaks free" from the standard patterns of rhyme or rhythm |
| line | a row of words in a poem |
| stanza | a group of lines in poetry |
| structure | the format in which a text is written |
| synonym | words that are similar in definition |
| antonym | words that are opposite in definition |
| figurative language | the use of words or phrases that go beyond their literal meaning to create effect |
| metaphor | a comparision of two unlike things; usually done by saying one thing IS another ex.- Her eyes are rays of sunshine. |
| extended metaphor | compares two unlike things across multiple sentences, paragraphs, or an entire work |
| synthesis | in writing, its combining different sources, evidence, or concepts to create a new perspective or argument |
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