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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. Assert or affirm strongly
Point of View
Counterclaim
Claim
Scene
2. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Mood
First person
Third Person Omniscient
3. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Atmosphere
Plot
Transition
Direct Quotation
4. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conjunctive adverbs
Character
Analyze
Protagonist
5. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Symbolism
Atmosphere
Aside
Draft
6. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Non -fiction
Pacing
Textual evidence
Rhyme
7. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
Socratic Seminar
Onomatopoeia
8. 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.
Antagonist
Internal Conflict
Rhyme
Summarize
9. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Rhyme
Counterclaim
Parallel plots
In -text citation
10. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Conflict
Internal Conflict
Plot
Parallel Structure
11. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Indirect
Imagery
Cohesion
Counterclaim
12. 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.
Direct Quotation
Aside
Parallel Structure
Internal Conflict
13. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Cite
Etymology
Motivation
Subordinate
14. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Informative/explanatory text
Fallacious reasoning
Symbolism
Pathos
15. Character pitted against protagonist
Antagonist
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Mood
Falling action
16. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Stereotype
Nuances
Act
Phrases
17. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Plot
Alliteration
Scene
Information
18. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Direct Quotation
Aside
Falling action
Figurative language
19. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Syntax
Rhetoric
Complex
Transition
20. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Alliteration
Rising Action
Refrain
Setting
21. 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
Figurative language
Soliloquy
Citation
22. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Textual evidence
Oxymoron
Cite
Tragedy
23. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Cite
Speaker
Onomatopoeia
Figurative language
24. Main character in fiction or drama
Third person
Narrative
Protagonist
Antagonist
25. A system of scaffolds
Parallel plots
Scaffolding
Speaker
Non -fiction
26. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Internal Conflict
Climax
Direct Quotation
27. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Aside
Falling action
Draft
Stanza
28. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Resolution
Connotation
Sensory language
Soliloquy
29. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Argument
Hero (tragic)
Aside
Setting
30. Crediting source within the paper.
Conflict
Parallel Structure
Argument
In -text citation
31. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Argument
Compare and Contrast
Summarize
Mood
32. Make a blueprint of
Draft
Citation
Conflict
Stanza
33. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Rhetoric
Tragedy
Summarize
Resolution
34. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Narrative
Rhetoric
Repetition
Formal
35. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Climax
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Syntax
36. Give the main point or idea
Parallel Structure
Falling action
Summarize
Imagery
37. 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.
Syntax
Internal Conflict
Cite
Scaffolding
38. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Third Person Limited
Citation
Nuances
Cite
39. 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.
Mood
Character
Fiction
Socratic Seminar
40. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Rising Action
Refrain
Objective Summary
Conflict
41. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Scene
Simile
Imagery
Third Person Limited
42. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Objective Summary
In -text citation
In -text citation
43. To examine carefully; study closely
Act
Sensory language
Analyze
Euphemism
44. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Act
Speaker
Textual evidence
Cohesion
45. Examine and judge carefully.
Paraphrase
Fallacious reasoning
Phrases
Evaluate
46. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Rhyme
Pacing
Pathos
Act
47. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Scaffolding
Formal
Paraphrase
Sensory language
48. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Complex
Stanza
Cross - curricular
49. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Pacing
Direct
Soliloquy
Speaker
50. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Tragedy
Flat
Independent
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