Unit 1 SpringBoard Vocabulary

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In an _________, the character struggles with an outside force.

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external conflict

Front

In an _______ , the character struggles with his or her own needs or emotions.

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internal conflict

Front

A ___________ compares two unlike things without using the words like or as. Example: Her music is a trip to the streets of Memphis.

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metaphor

Front

When you use _________ to connect ideas you are helping to create coherence.

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transitions

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A ___________ is a fictional narrative that presents a sequence of events, or plot, that include a conflict.

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short story

Front

What is the central idea, message, topic, or purpose of a literary work?

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Theme

Front

What is the sequence of events that make up a story, often unfolding in a linear cause-effect structure?

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Plot

Front

_______________ is figurative language that gives human characteristic to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.

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Personification

Front

What is dialogue?

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A conversation between people, the words people say, when you see it in a story you will often see "quotation marks."

Front

What is first person point of view?

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The narrator is a person in the story and uses first person pronouns such as I and we to tell what he or she knows.