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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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english
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1. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third person
Artistic medium
Resolution
Fallacious reasoning
2. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Hero (tragic)
Parallel Structure
Simile
3. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Subordinate
Static
First person
Pathos
4. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Suspense
Synthesize
Fallacious reasoning
Climax
5. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Refrain
Rhetoric
Clause
Etymology
6. Character pitted against protagonist
Clause
Antagonist
Protagonist
Point of View
7. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Act
Draft
Stanza
Soliloquy
8. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Summarize
Symbolism
Theme
Cite
9. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Falling action
Mood
Parallel Structure
10. Make a blueprint of
Refrain
Rhyme
Inference
Draft
11. 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.
Symbolism
Analyze
Internal Conflict
Argument
12. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Falling action
Alliteration
Nuances
Motivation
13. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Onomatopoeia
Syntax
Citation
Dialogue
14. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Speaker
Transition
Conjunctive adverbs
Alliteration
15. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Parallel Structure
Flat
First person
Flashback
16. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Falling action
Antagonist
Phrases
17. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Plot
Independent
Direct
First person
18. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Static
Oxymoron
Climax
Counterclaim
19. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Flashback
Act
Personification
Information
20. Main character in fiction or drama
Parallel plots
Third Person Limited
Exposition
Protagonist
21. 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)
Socratic Seminar
Third person
Personification
22. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Narrative
Counterclaim
Formal
Rhetoric
23. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Connotation
Textual evidence
Rhetoric
Objective Summary
24. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Narrative
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Phrases
25. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Theme
Speaker
Round
Conjunctive adverbs
26. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Textual evidence
Character
Phrases
Indirect
27. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third person
Refrain
Direct Quotation
Non -fiction
28. Showing little if any change
Mood
Static
Analyze
Setting
29. Examine and judge carefully.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
In -text citation
Evaluate
Synthesize
30. Give the main point or idea
Analyze
Summarize
Third Person Omniscient
Figurative language
31. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Hero (tragic)
Plagiarism
Oxymoron
Tragedy
32. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Tone
Informative/explanatory text
Stereotype
Setting
33. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Parallel Structure
Fiction
Flat
Cross - curricular
34. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Alliteration
Soliloquy
Parallel plots
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
35. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Static
Figurative language
Synthesize
Third Person Limited
36. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Third Person Omniscient
Conjunctive adverbs
Mood
Falling action
37. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Information
Resolution
Citation
Figurative language
38. Tell how things are alike and different
Socratic Seminar
Compare and Contrast
Non -fiction
Narrative
39. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Internal Conflict
Informative/explanatory text
Phrases
40. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Textual evidence
Information
Dialogue
Cite
41. To examine carefully; study closely
Climax
Parallel plots
Analyze
Draft
42. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Inference
Independent
Fiction
Syntax
43. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Flashback
Flashback
Rhetoric
Mood
44. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Non -fiction
Protagonist
Oxymoron
Compare and Contrast
45. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Symbolism
Act
Direct
Independent
46. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Plagiarism
Tone
Euphemism
Inference
47. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Cite
Exposition
Pacing
Rising Action
48. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Aside
Suspense
Stereotype
Pathos
49. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Aside
Cross - curricular
Draft
Artistic medium
50. Main character in fiction or drama
Information
Protagonist
Atmosphere
Parallel Structure
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