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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Information
Fallacious reasoning
Soliloquy
Hero (tragic)
2. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Counterclaim
Transition
Static
3. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Aside
Fiction
Cite
Repetition
4. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Syntax
Soliloquy
Theme
5. 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
Non -fiction
Inference
Internal Conflict
Hero (tragic)
6. 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.
Direct
Clause
Citation
Internal Conflict
7. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Theme
Pathos
Exposition
Euphemism
8. To examine carefully; study closely
Etymology
Flat
Analyze
Narrative
9. To examine carefully; study closely
Evaluate
Independent
Antagonist
Analyze
10. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Argument
Theme
Argument
First person
11. 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.
Antagonist
Aside
Point of View
In -text citation
12. An idea that is implied or suggested
Rhyme
Stereotype
Connotation
Imagery
13. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Fiction
Claim
Formal
Suspense
14. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Onomatopoeia
Synthesize
Aside
Direct Quotation
15. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Connotation
Objective Summary
Figurative language
16. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Refrain
Information
Inference
17. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Parallel Structure
Non -fiction
Pacing
18. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Argument
Formal
Subordinate
Direct Quotation
19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Formal
Third person
Motivation
20. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Fallacious reasoning
Stanza
Soliloquy
Plagiarism
21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Setting
Cite
Direct Quotation
22. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Personification
Tone
Parallel Structure
Imagery
23. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Counterclaim
Tone
Pathos
Synthesize
24. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Oxymoron
Narrative
Atmosphere
Fiction
25. A system of scaffolds
Scaffolding
Flashback
Oxymoron
Dialogue
26. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Pathos
Sensory language
Flashback
Figurative language
27. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Draft
Refrain
First person
Syntax
28. Examine and judge carefully.
Evaluate
Suspense
Setting
Argument
29. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Symbolism
Informative/explanatory text
Theme
Socratic Seminar
30. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Parallel Structure
Flashback
Paraphrase
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
31. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Point of View
Evaluate
Pacing
Phrases
32. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Synthesize
Counterclaim
Narrative
Imagery
33. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Parallel Structure
Textual evidence
Synthesize
Symbolism
34. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Formal
Citation
Fiction
Hero (tragic)
35. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Fiction
Alliteration
Suspense
Pathos
36. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.
Flashback
Round
Fiction
Draft
37. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Direct
Atmosphere
Narrative
38. A system of scaffolds
Pathos
Parallel plots
Simile
Scaffolding
39. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Theme
Informative/explanatory text
Parallel Structure
Symbolism
40. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Alliteration
Direct
Complex
41. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Information
Speaker
Resolution
Rising Action
42. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Independent
Third person
Point of View
Cohesion
43. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Pathos
Tone
Figurative language
Cohesion
44. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Connotation
Formal
Act
Imagery
45. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Rising Action
Summarize
Aside
Textual evidence
46. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Climax
Textual evidence
Mood
47. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Resolution
Refrain
Antagonist
Pathos
48. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.
Draft
Rhyme
Simile
Indirect
49. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Delineate
Transition
Phrases
50. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.
Third Person Omniscient
Draft
Parallel Structure
Evaluate
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