Springboard Unit 2

Academic

100

A point of view or a specific attitude toward something.

What is Perspective?

200

Relating to Socrates or his philosophy.

What is Socratic?

300

A term used to describe a small group of students engaged in a study.

What is a Seminar?

Vocabulary

100

a comparison between two things.

What is an Analogy?

200

Short narratives of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident. 

What is an anecdote?

300

An informal or formal discussion in which opposing arguments are put forward. 

What is a debate?

Literary

100

A logical appeal, support by reasons and evidence.

What is an argument?

200

The main character in a story.

What is a protagonist?

300

The main opposition or enemy in a story.

What is an antagonist?

figurative language

100

An interruption in the sequence of events to relate events that occured in the past.

What is a Flashback?

200

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.

What is Foreshadowing?

300

The substitution of a mild word for a harsh one.

What is a euphemism?