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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
First person
Clause
Conjunctive adverbs
Nuances
2. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Sensory language
Formal
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Information
3. Examine and judge carefully.
Evaluate
Parallel Structure
Imagery
Narrative
4. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Textual evidence
Clause
Etymology
Setting
5. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Draft
Counterclaim
Formal
6. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Third person
Scaffolding
Imagery
Symbolism
7. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Rhyme
Alliteration
Third Person Limited
Act
8. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
In -text citation
Theme
Third person
Mood
9. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Formal
Subordinate
Nuances
Figurative language
10. 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.
Character
Repetition
Mood
Third Person Omniscient
11. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Hero (tragic)
Plagiarism
Inference
Cross - curricular
12. The study of the sources and development of words
Flat
Etymology
First person
Fiction
13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Plot
Objective Summary
Fallacious reasoning
Artistic medium
14. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Flashback
Rhyme
Theme
First person
15. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Conjunctive adverbs
Narrative
Stanza
Protagonist
16. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Flat
Speaker
Rhyme
Formal
17. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Cohesion
Conjunctive adverbs
Atmosphere
18. Classifying people by their traits.
Indirect
Theme
Refrain
Stereotype
19. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Third person
Conflict
Draft
20. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Conflict
Citation
Evaluate
Third Person Limited
21. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Euphemism
Conflict
Symbolism
Third Person Limited
22. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Protagonist
Direct Quotation
Suspense
Tone
23. 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
Theme
Hero (tragic)
Cohesion
Subordinate
24. Crediting source within the paper.
Phrases
Etymology
Round
In -text citation
25. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Delineate
Euphemism
Compare and Contrast
Citation
26. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Soliloquy
Protagonist
Information
27. Classifying people by their traits.
Textual evidence
Counterclaim
Stereotype
Third person
28. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Falling action
Onomatopoeia
Direct Quotation
Syntax
29. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Protagonist
Conflict
Third person
Scene
30. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Point of View
Parallel Structure
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Compare and Contrast
Claim
Pathos
32. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Figurative language
Simile
Rising Action
Exposition
33. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Scene
Protagonist
Indirect
34. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Pathos
Direct
Nuances
Cross - curricular
35. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Motivation
Artistic medium
Scaffolding
36. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Counterclaim
Resolution
Narrative
37. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
In -text citation
Textual evidence
Parallel plots
Direct
38. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.
Socratic Seminar
Draft
Formal
Cite
39. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Plagiarism
Complex
Syntax
Indirect
40. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Tone
Parallel Structure
Objective Summary
Falling action
41. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Flat
Third Person Limited
Antagonist
Synthesize
42. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Synthesize
Rhyme
Third person
Scaffolding
43. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Euphemism
Narrative
Summarize
Figurative language
44. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Character
Analyze
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
45. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Formal
Counterclaim
Third Person Omniscient
46. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Paraphrase
Direct Quotation
Third Person Omniscient
Imagery
47. Character pitted against protagonist
Complex
Conjunctive adverbs
Antagonist
Hero (tragic)
48. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Textual evidence
Artistic medium
Information
Internal Conflict
49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Pathos
Cohesion
Conjunctive adverbs
Plot
50. Showing little if any change
Static
Suspense
Mood
Alliteration
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