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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Analyze
Atmosphere
Rising Action
Oxymoron
2. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Conjunctive adverbs
Direct
Sensory language
Falling action
3. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Informative/explanatory text
Delineate
Parallel plots
Pathos
4. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Sensory language
Theme
Parallel plots
Suspense
5. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Soliloquy
Rhyme
Connotation
Direct
6. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Direct
Soliloquy
Argument
Falling action
7. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Mood
Aside
Artistic medium
Textual evidence
8. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Flat
Scaffolding
Euphemism
9. An idea that is implied or suggested
Mood
Connotation
Evaluate
Flashback
10. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Exposition
Pacing
Stanza
Claim
11. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Synthesize
Clause
Objective Summary
Parallel plots
12. Assert or affirm strongly
Nuances
Claim
Third person
Stereotype
13. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Tragedy
Flat
Pathos
Delineate
14. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Rhetoric
Soliloquy
15. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Cross - curricular
Pathos
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Transition
16. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Etymology
Socratic Seminar
Syntax
Plot
17. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Mood
Cohesion
Argument
Plot
18. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Compare and Contrast
Speaker
Claim
Narrative
19. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Nuances
Exposition
Aside
Subordinate
20. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Theme
Pathos
Evaluate
21. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Euphemism
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Formal
22. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Plagiarism
Narrative
Phrases
Tone
23. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Synthesize
Tone
Flashback
Cite
24. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Symbolism
Independent
Artistic medium
25. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Tragedy
Independent
Conjunctive adverbs
Third Person Limited
26. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Suspense
Plot
Scene
Simile
27. 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
Analyze
Cross - curricular
Formal
28. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Parallel Structure
Etymology
Dialogue
Parallel plots
29. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Cohesion
Argument
Objective Summary
Connotation
30. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Rising Action
Symbolism
Climax
Protagonist
31. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Information
Analyze
Resolution
Pacing
32. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Motivation
Phrases
Rising Action
33. 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.
Internal Conflict
Cross - curricular
Synthesize
Socratic Seminar
34. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Artistic medium
Fallacious reasoning
Theme
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
35. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Atmosphere
Direct
First person
36. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Personification
Resolution
Information
Stanza
37. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Evaluate
Atmosphere
Syntax
Paraphrase
38. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Artistic medium
Plot
Tone
Syntax
39. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Soliloquy
Objective Summary
Point of View
Flashback
40. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Point of View
Informative/explanatory text
Direct
Flat
41. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Plot
Refrain
Static
42. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Parallel plots
Soliloquy
Fallacious reasoning
43. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
First person
Conjunctive adverbs
Parallel Structure
Alliteration
44. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Informative/explanatory text
Compare and Contrast
In -text citation
Citation
45. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Setting
Cite
Mood
46. Character pitted against protagonist
Antagonist
Imagery
Draft
Atmosphere
47. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
In -text citation
Figurative language
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
48. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Rhetoric
Narrative
Parallel Structure
49. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Setting
Flat
Pathos
50. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Falling action
Aside
Euphemism
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