1. UNIT 1 VOCABULARY Springboard ELA grade 6

2. point of view the perspective from which a story or poem is told. synonyms: angle, viewpoint, outlook

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. genre style of literature synonyms: type, kind, category

6. paraphrase rewording written or spoken text using words that help you clarify and understand the text synonyms: interpretation, restatement, rephrase

7. diction a writer’s or speaker’s word choice synonyms: phrasing, wording, expression

8. summarize creating a statement of the main ideas or essential information in the text synonyms: review, condense, reduce

9. stanza a number of lines of verse forming a separate unit within a poem synonyms: section, segment, unit

10. rhyme scheme the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in a verse of a poem synonyms: pattern, arrangement, form

11. couplet a pair of rhyming lines synonyms: stanza, rhyme, verse

12. antonyms words that have opposite meanings synonyms: contrary, reverse, conflicting

13. synonyms words that mean the same thing synonyms: substitutes, replacements, alternatives

14. semicolon most commonly used to link two complete thoughts into a complex sentence synonyms: pause, break, hiatus

15. narrative tells a story or describes a sequence of events synonyms: tale, account, description

16. characterization the act of creating characters synonyms: portrayal, description, representation

17. setting time and place where a story takes place location, scenery, background

18. conflict a struggle between characters or opposing forces synonyms: battle, clash, opposition

19. external conflict the character struggles with an outside force

20. internal conflict the character struggles with his or her own needs or emotions

21. sequence of events set of events that follows one after another synonyms: order, series, structure

22. personal narrative a story based on one’s own life and told in the first person

23. chronological ordered by time synonyms: sequential, consecutive, linear

24. 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

25. dialogue the words that characters say synonyms: discussion, conversation, discourse

26. connotation the suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word synonyms: suggested, implication, inference

27. denotation the literal meaning of a word synonyms: accurate, precise, exact