Important Leap Words 2025

Affect

• To influence or make a change in something.

• To remain unchanged or constant.

• To ignore or overlook something.

• To create a new version of something.

Central Idea

• The main theme of the text

• The one thing the whole thing is about

• A summary of the text

• The author's opinion on the subject

Author's Purpose

• The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.

• The main character's motivation in a story.

• The setting of a narrative.

• The plot twist that occurs in the climax.

Tone

• The author's attitude toward the subject.

• The emotional response of the reader.

• The setting of the story.

• The main theme of the narrative.

Effect

• A phenomenon that occurs without a cause.

• The result or outcome of a cause.

• A type of physical force.

• An unrelated event that happens simultaneously.

Main Idea

• The main theme of a story

• The one thing the whole paragraph or paper is about.

• A summary of the conclusion

• The author's opinion on a topic

Alliteration

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

• The occurrence of the same consonant letter or consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• The use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Perspective

• A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

• A method of analyzing data in research.

• A visual representation of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional surface.

• A philosophical theory about the nature of reality.

Metaphor

• A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of analogy that uses 'like' or 'as' for comparison.

• A rhetorical device that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A figure of speech that describes something by comparing it to something else indirectly.

Conflict

• A struggle between opposing forces, usually the main character and an opposing force. (THE PROBLEM)

• A peaceful resolution between characters.

• A character's internal struggle with their emotions.

• A situation where characters work together towards a common goal.