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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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english
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1. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Round
Syntax
Dialogue
2. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Parallel plots
Narrative
Cross - curricular
Rhetoric
3. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Subordinate
Draft
Counterclaim
Formal
4. 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.
Argument
Flashback
Symbolism
Rhyme
5. A system of scaffolds
Motivation
Analyze
Speaker
Scaffolding
6. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
In -text citation
Argument
Connotation
Cite
7. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Pacing
Climax
Syntax
Refrain
8. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Symbolism
Antagonist
Dialogue
9. Make a blueprint of
Analyze
Stereotype
Cross - curricular
Draft
10. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Stanza
Synthesize
Alliteration
Falling action
11. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Paraphrase
Dialogue
Rhetoric
Fallacious reasoning
12. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct
Imagery
Refrain
Transition
13. An idea that is implied or suggested
Oxymoron
Evaluate
Connotation
Cross - curricular
14. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Flashback
Evaluate
Repetition
15. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Scene
Paraphrase
Repetition
Cite
16. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Rhyme
Static
Parallel Structure
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
17. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Scaffolding
Argument
Setting
Paraphrase
18. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Speaker
Simile
Parallel plots
Socratic Seminar
19. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Point of View
Euphemism
Third person
Mood
20. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Third person
Draft
Stanza
Theme
21. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Indirect
Narrative
Subordinate
Textual evidence
22. The state of cohering or sticking together
Round
Theme
Suspense
Cohesion
23. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Suspense
Draft
Antagonist
24. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Pacing
Tone
Flat
Aside
25. 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.
Citation
Repetition
Third Person Omniscient
Third person
26. 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
Hero (tragic)
Counterclaim
Indirect
Stereotype
27. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Clause
Artistic medium
Tone
Evaluate
28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Citation
Draft
Synthesize
Phrases
29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Nuances
Syntax
Parallel plots
Evaluate
30. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Third Person Limited
Claim
Tone
31. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Fiction
Round
Rhyme
Character
32. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Euphemism
Plot
Dialogue
Symbolism
33. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Imagery
Formal
Stereotype
Inference
34. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Third Person Limited
Falling action
Mood
Scene
35. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Motivation
Third person
Information
Sensory language
36. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Character
Oxymoron
Connotation
Phrases
37. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Cohesion
Third person
Clause
Phrases
38. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Onomatopoeia
Independent
Artistic medium
Direct Quotation
39. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Etymology
Oxymoron
Rhetoric
Inference
40. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Transition
Etymology
Evaluate
41. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Speaker
Resolution
Personification
Alliteration
42. 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
Argument
Repetition
Round
43. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Sensory language
Theme
Compare and Contrast
First person
44. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Syntax
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Rhetoric
45. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Argument
Atmosphere
Paraphrase
Stereotype
46. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Round
Resolution
Suspense
Etymology
47. The study of the sources and development of words
Mood
Etymology
Third Person Limited
Figurative language
48. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Cite
Indirect
Informative/explanatory text
49. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Setting
Fallacious reasoning
Point of View
Compare and Contrast
50. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Suspense
Formal
Setting
Objective Summary
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