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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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english
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1. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Pacing
Oxymoron
Pathos
2. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Rhetoric
Resolution
Stanza
3. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Plot
Sensory language
Transition
4. 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
Delineate
Tone
Personification
Hero (tragic)
5. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Informative/explanatory text
Rising Action
Scaffolding
Artistic medium
6. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Flashback
Character
Parallel Structure
Socratic Seminar
7. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Delineate
Third Person Limited
Simile
Phrases
8. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Citation
Climax
Objective Summary
9. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Counterclaim
Point of View
Scene
Atmosphere
10. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Etymology
Oxymoron
Suspense
Stanza
11. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Textual evidence
Plagiarism
In -text citation
Subordinate
12. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Compare and Contrast
Third Person Omniscient
Formal
Figurative language
13. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Cohesion
Artistic medium
Conflict
Simile
14. Tell how things are alike and different
Subordinate
Plot
Stereotype
Compare and Contrast
15. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Syntax
Fallacious reasoning
Climax
Act
16. 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
Third Person Limited
Fiction
17. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Narrative
Narrative
Citation
Non -fiction
18. Make a blueprint of
Draft
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Character
Scaffolding
19. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Third Person Limited
Rhyme
Informative/explanatory text
Tone
20. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Flashback
Tragedy
Transition
Tone
21. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Complex
Conflict
Antagonist
Mood
22. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Nuances
Rhetoric
Argument
Paraphrase
23. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Subordinate
Fallacious reasoning
First person
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
24. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Cite
Alliteration
Third Person Omniscient
Euphemism
25. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Third Person Limited
Soliloquy
Tone
Repetition
26. Tell how things are alike and different
Compare and Contrast
Delineate
Counterclaim
Scaffolding
27. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Counterclaim
Simile
First person
Act
28. The study of the sources and development of words
Artistic medium
Etymology
Rhetoric
Tragedy
29. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Setting
Euphemism
Formal
Suspense
30. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Refrain
Direct
Subordinate
Rhyme
31. Give the main point or idea
Resolution
Scene
Summarize
Cohesion
32. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conjunctive adverbs
Narrative
Simile
Delineate
33. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Flat
Socratic Seminar
Pacing
34. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Antagonist
Third Person Omniscient
Objective Summary
35. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Independent
Simile
Round
Narrative
36. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Indirect
Inference
Rhetoric
Conjunctive adverbs
37. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Imagery
Pacing
Speaker
Information
38. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Oxymoron
Stereotype
Symbolism
Narrative
39. Crediting source within the paper.
Direct Quotation
In -text citation
Evaluate
Information
40. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Fiction
Resolution
Simile
Formal
41. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Citation
Rising Action
Hero (tragic)
Nuances
42. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Motivation
Plagiarism
Repetition
Protagonist
43. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Inference
Paraphrase
Euphemism
Non -fiction
44. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Clause
Cohesion
Static
45. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Complex
Cohesion
Simile
Fallacious reasoning
46. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Round
Complex
Suspense
47. The study of the sources and development of words
Fiction
Third Person Omniscient
Etymology
Compare and Contrast
48. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Textual evidence
Refrain
Alliteration
Antagonist
49. Examine and judge carefully.
Speaker
Evaluate
Tone
Protagonist
50. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Rhyme
Subordinate
Theme
Narrative
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