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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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english
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1. Describe in vivid detail
Protagonist
Direct
Third Person Limited
Delineate
2. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Climax
In -text citation
Suspense
Oxymoron
3. A system of scaffolds
Round
Scaffolding
Parallel plots
Information
4. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Setting
Simile
Fiction
Third Person Limited
5. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Scaffolding
Euphemism
Mood
Socratic Seminar
6. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Connotation
Alliteration
Plagiarism
7. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Clause
Clause
Rising Action
8. Character pitted against protagonist
Hero (tragic)
Antagonist
Non -fiction
Socratic Seminar
9. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Compare and Contrast
Symbolism
Evaluate
Textual evidence
10. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Motivation
Counterclaim
Suspense
Citation
11. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Informative/explanatory text
Suspense
Alliteration
Protagonist
12. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Tone
Objective Summary
Motivation
Parallel plots
13. 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
Act
Synthesize
Plot
14. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Counterclaim
Fiction
Scene
15. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Falling action
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Synthesize
Atmosphere
16. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Antagonist
Argument
Pacing
Falling action
17. 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.
Climax
Third Person Omniscient
Character
Sensory language
18. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Character
Speaker
Simile
19. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Exposition
Draft
Repetition
20. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Non -fiction
Delineate
Direct Quotation
21. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Direct
Independent
Stereotype
22. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Subordinate
Setting
Cite
23. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Symbolism
Objective Summary
Pacing
Dialogue
24. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Direct
Motivation
Suspense
Clause
25. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Act
Flat
First person
Third person
26. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Personification
Soliloquy
Protagonist
Stereotype
27. To examine carefully; study closely
Static
Analyze
First person
Nuances
28. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Setting
Synthesize
Counterclaim
29. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Speaker
Cross - curricular
Phrases
Tragedy
30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Euphemism
Phrases
Citation
Compare and Contrast
31. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Connotation
Rhyme
Transition
Character
32. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Climax
Imagery
Information
Dialogue
33. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Subordinate
Protagonist
Transition
Rhetoric
34. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Stereotype
Aside
Imagery
35. Describe in vivid detail
Fallacious reasoning
Personification
Direct Quotation
Delineate
36. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Connotation
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Parallel Structure
37. Character pitted against protagonist
Non -fiction
Fiction
Antagonist
First person
38. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Conflict
Fiction
Act
Evaluate
39. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Static
Flashback
Scaffolding
40. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Third person
Cite
Citation
41. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Syntax
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Resolution
Refrain
42. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Clause
Nuances
Theme
Onomatopoeia
43. 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.
Conjunctive adverbs
Flashback
Conflict
Figurative language
44. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tragedy
Setting
Tone
Resolution
45. The study of the sources and development of words
In -text citation
Personification
Etymology
Non -fiction
46. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Analyze
Parallel plots
Third Person Omniscient
Speaker
47. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Independent
Objective Summary
Cross - curricular
Resolution
48. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Onomatopoeia
Informative/explanatory text
Symbolism
Stereotype
49. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Formal
Direct
Analyze
Onomatopoeia
50. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Motivation
Antagonist
Parallel Structure
Rhyme
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