Springboard Unit 1 Vocabulary

stanza

• A group of lines in a poem

• Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character's personality to the reader.
  

• figure of speech comparing two different things

effective

• Done with skill

• A story

• Dictionary definition

consequences

• the results of some previous action

• Central idea of a work of literature
  A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

• A clear connection among all parts of an essay.

theme

• Central idea of a work of literature
  A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

• A group of lines in a poem

• All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

metaphor

• figure of speech comparing two different things

• Dictionary definition

• A group of lines in a poem

genre

• A literary type or form

• A story

• A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

symbolism

• A device in literature where an object represents an idea.symbol

• A result

• Central idea of a work of literature
  A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

symbol

• A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

• Central idea of a work of literature
  A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

• A clear connection among all parts of an essay.

effect

• A result

• A literary type or form

• Sequence of events in a story

plot 

• Sequence of events in a story

• A clear connection among all parts of an essay.

• Done with skill