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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Independent
Information
Soliloquy
2. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Flat
Counterclaim
Informative/explanatory text
Complex
3. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Third person
Phrases
Nuances
4. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Mood
Cross - curricular
Scene
Etymology
5. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Repetition
Fallacious reasoning
Onomatopoeia
Hero (tragic)
6. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Non -fiction
Speaker
Tone
Aside
7. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Conflict
Delineate
Resolution
Paraphrase
8. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Fallacious reasoning
Soliloquy
Static
Setting
9. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.
Internal Conflict
Symbolism
Exposition
Act
10. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Socratic Seminar
Euphemism
Draft
Rhyme
11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Resolution
Summarize
Scaffolding
Conjunctive adverbs
12. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Refrain
Theme
Narrative
Subordinate
13. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Hero (tragic)
Counterclaim
Scaffolding
14. A system of scaffolds
Scaffolding
Subordinate
Personification
Antagonist
15. Character pitted against protagonist
Antagonist
Aside
Imagery
Narrative
16. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Setting
Pathos
Conflict
Antagonist
17. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Informative/explanatory text
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Pacing
Climax
18. Crediting source within the paper.
Analyze
Dialogue
In -text citation
Syntax
19. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Summarize
Suspense
Stereotype
Direct
20. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Analyze
Direct Quotation
Independent
21. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Scaffolding
Syntax
Rhyme
Indirect
22. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Socratic Seminar
Argument
Scene
Fiction
23. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Counterclaim
Parallel Structure
Oxymoron
Motivation
24. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Informative/explanatory text
Refrain
Argument
Suspense
25. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Compare and Contrast
Paraphrase
Non -fiction
26. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
First person
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Oxymoron
Phrases
27. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Indirect
Compare and Contrast
Plot
Third Person Omniscient
28. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Cohesion
Synthesize
Fallacious reasoning
Information
29. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Conjunctive adverbs
Parallel Structure
Dialogue
Imagery
30. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Cite
Plot
Non -fiction
Mood
31. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Complex
Repetition
Personification
Rising Action
32. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Figurative language
Etymology
Rising Action
Motivation
33. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Exposition
Symbolism
Compare and Contrast
34. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.
Soliloquy
Direct Quotation
Scene
Aside
35. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Round
Cite
Mood
Suspense
36. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Symbolism
Character
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Cohesion
37. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Informative/explanatory text
Etymology
Formal
Atmosphere
38. An idea that is implied or suggested
Fiction
Scaffolding
Stereotype
Connotation
39. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Scene
Tone
Third Person Omniscient
40. Tell how things are alike and different
Evaluate
Informative/explanatory text
Compare and Contrast
Parallel Structure
41. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Etymology
Complex
Pacing
42. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Third Person Limited
Falling action
Inference
Argument
43. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Speaker
Objective Summary
Claim
44. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Artistic medium
Connotation
Complex
Nuances
45. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Round
Formal
Direct Quotation
Fiction
46. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Formal
Mood
Point of View
Antagonist
47. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Pathos
Fallacious reasoning
Imagery
Citation
48. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Inference
Indirect
Oxymoron
49. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve
Subordinate
Phrases
Pathos
Hero (tragic)
50. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.
Fiction
Independent
Symbolism
Internal Conflict
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