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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Theme
Draft
Cross - curricular
Information
2. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Direct
Antagonist
Falling action
Phrases
3. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Setting
Parallel plots
Alliteration
Simile
4. An idea that is implied or suggested
Character
Compare and Contrast
Connotation
Act
5. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Indirect
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Fiction
Claim
6. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Stereotype
Repetition
Tragedy
Symbolism
7. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Tragedy
Connotation
Plagiarism
8. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
In -text citation
Character
Imagery
Resolution
9. 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.
Rhetoric
Aside
Independent
Formal
10. The study of the sources and development of words
Conflict
Etymology
Artistic medium
Repetition
11. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Round
Pathos
Parallel Structure
Suspense
12. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Theme
Oxymoron
Narrative
Character
13. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Scene
Climax
Clause
Citation
14. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Counterclaim
Socratic Seminar
Informative/explanatory text
15. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Complex
Scaffolding
Speaker
16. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Rising Action
Simile
Setting
Nuances
17. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Information
Complex
Subordinate
Synthesize
18. Give the main point or idea
Cohesion
Protagonist
Figurative language
Summarize
19. Character pitted against protagonist
Conjunctive adverbs
Antagonist
Transition
Narrative
20. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Syntax
Cite
In -text citation
Character
21. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Direct Quotation
Plagiarism
Syntax
First person
22. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Scene
Pathos
Static
Parallel plots
23. 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
Resolution
Clause
Exposition
24. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Rhetoric
Climax
Plagiarism
25. 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)
Citation
Speaker
Dialogue
26. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Exposition
Refrain
Claim
Suspense
27. The state of cohering or sticking together
Simile
Cite
Cohesion
Refrain
28. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Synthesize
Parallel plots
Cohesion
Onomatopoeia
29. 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
Direct Quotation
Hero (tragic)
Scaffolding
Indirect
30. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Informative/explanatory text
Syntax
Exposition
Resolution
31. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Hero (tragic)
Rhyme
Paraphrase
32. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Direct
Third Person Limited
Conjunctive adverbs
33. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Character
Compare and Contrast
Oxymoron
Argument
34. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Parallel Structure
Conflict
Artistic medium
Parallel plots
35. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Informative/explanatory text
In -text citation
Figurative language
36. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Clause
Direct Quotation
Draft
Stanza
37. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Repetition
Imagery
Flashback
Artistic medium
38. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Plagiarism
Simile
Draft
Internal Conflict
39. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Round
Rhyme
Cite
Direct
40. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Syntax
Clause
Symbolism
Parallel Structure
41. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Falling action
Rhetoric
Suspense
Cross - curricular
42. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Resolution
Mood
Claim
Motivation
43. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Phrases
Transition
Pathos
44. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Character
Third person
Mood
Refrain
45. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Rising Action
Tragedy
Dialogue
Round
46. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Speaker
Delineate
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
47. Crediting source within the paper.
Scaffolding
Analyze
In -text citation
Clause
48. 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.
Aside
Stereotype
Atmosphere
Parallel plots
49. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Antagonist
Paraphrase
Parallel plots
50. 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.
Indirect
Scaffolding
Claim
Pacing
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