SpringBoard Unit 1A Vocabulary

a category or class to which a literary work belongs

• coherence

• effect

• genre

• denotation

a word's exact or literal meaning

• effect

• connotation

• denotation

• genre

the way one thing influences or acts upon another

• coherence

• effect

• connotation

• genre

the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word beyond its literal definition

• denotation

• effect

• coherence

• connotation

the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

• coherence

• effect

• connotation

• denotation

refers to coherence between the paragraphs and relates to the entire essay

• external coherence

• internal coherence

• figurative language

• character

tells a story about something that happened in the writer's life

• internal coherence

• figurative language

• character

• personal narrative

a person or animal that takes part in the action of literary work

• figurative language

• character

• personal narrative

• external coherence

refers to coherence within a paragraph

• character

• personal narrative

• external coherence

• internal coherence

imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

• personal narrative

• external coherence

• internal coherence

• figurative language