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UNIT 1 VOCABULARY
Springboard ELA grade 6
point of view
the perspective from which a story or poem is told.
synonyms: angle, viewpoint, outlook
first-person point of view
The narrator is a character in the story using first-person pronouns such as “I” and “we” to tell what he or she sees or knows.
third-person point of view
The narrator is someone outside the story using third-person pronouns such as “he”, “she”, or “they” to tell the story.
genre
style of literature
synonyms: type, kind, category
paraphrase
rewording written or spoken text using words that help you clarify and understand the text
synonyms: interpretation, restatement, rephrase
diction
a writer’s or speaker’s word choice
synonyms: phrasing, wording, expression
summarize
creating a statement of the main ideas or essential information in the text
synonyms: review, condense, reduce
stanza
a number of lines of verse forming a separate unit within a poem
synonyms: section, segment, unit
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in a verse of a poem
synonyms: pattern, arrangement, form
couplet
a pair of rhyming lines
synonyms: stanza, rhyme, verse
antonyms
words that have opposite meanings
synonyms: contrary, reverse, conflicting
synonyms
words that mean the same thing
synonyms: substitutes, replacements, alternatives
semicolon
most commonly used to link two complete thoughts into a complex sentence
synonyms: pause, break, hiatus
narrative
tells a story or describes a sequence of events
synonyms: tale, account, description
characterization
the act of creating characters
synonyms: portrayal, description, representation
setting
time and place where a story takes place
location, scenery, background
conflict
a struggle between characters or opposing forces
synonyms: battle, clash, opposition
external conflict
the character struggles with an outside force
internal conflict
the character struggles with his or her own needs or emotions
sequence of events
set of events that follows one after another
synonyms: order, series, structure
personal narrative
a story based on one’s own life and told in the first person
chronological
ordered by time
synonyms: sequential, consecutive, linear
cause and effect
describes a relationship in which an action or event will produce or cause a certain response or effect in the form of another event
synonyms: interconnection, connection, destiny
dialogue
the words that characters say
synonyms: discussion, conversation, discourse
connotation
the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word
synonyms: suggested, implication, inference
denotation
the literal meaning of a word
synonyms: accurate, precise, exact