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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Mood
Point of View
Socratic Seminar
Soliloquy
2. 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.
Syntax
Counterclaim
Flashback
Claim
3. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Objective Summary
Mood
Cross - curricular
Third Person Limited
4. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Alliteration
Falling action
First person
Flat
5. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Onomatopoeia
Formal
Pathos
Refrain
6. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Indirect
Nuances
Antagonist
Paraphrase
7. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Narrative
Character
Tone
Rhetoric
8. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Direct Quotation
Exposition
Refrain
9. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Cohesion
Scaffolding
Direct
10. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Antagonist
Motivation
Cohesion
Information
11. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Theme
Formal
Nuances
Third person
12. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Informative/explanatory text
Aside
Hero (tragic)
Alliteration
13. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Information
Rising Action
Setting
Counterclaim
14. To examine carefully; study closely
Claim
Cite
Citation
Analyze
15. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Cite
Socratic Seminar
Setting
Artistic medium
16. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Delineate
Motivation
Exposition
17. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Mood
Analyze
Formal
18. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Internal Conflict
Suspense
Climax
Antagonist
19. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Direct
Citation
Plagiarism
20. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Synthesize
Information
Atmosphere
21. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Artistic medium
Speaker
Independent
Hero (tragic)
22. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Oxymoron
Flat
Transition
Motivation
23. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Hero (tragic)
Non -fiction
Onomatopoeia
Third person
24. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Information
Symbolism
Stanza
Artistic medium
25. Crediting source within the paper.
Symbolism
In -text citation
Argument
Tone
26. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Internal Conflict
Mood
Parallel Structure
Exposition
27. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Oxymoron
Etymology
Character
Exposition
28. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Point of View
Formal
Dialogue
Protagonist
29. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Analyze
Setting
Figurative language
Parallel plots
30. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Tragedy
Character
Figurative language
Motivation
31. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Transition
Point of View
Formal
Rising Action
32. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Compare and Contrast
First person
Objective Summary
Act
33. Describe in vivid detail
Character
Scaffolding
Information
Delineate
34. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Third Person Omniscient
Theme
Delineate
Transition
35. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Falling action
Exposition
Repetition
Claim
36. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Argument
Imagery
Citation
37. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Simile
Exposition
Alliteration
Characterization (indirect and direct)
38. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Third Person Limited
Inference
Pacing
Phrases
39. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Cite
Information
Citation
Nuances
40. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Internal Conflict
Flashback
Dialogue
41. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Falling action
Aside
Stanza
Tragedy
42. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Flashback
Personification
Objective Summary
Direct Quotation
43. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
First person
Refrain
Internal Conflict
Syntax
44. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
In -text citation
Draft
Argument
Delineate
45. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Personification
Textual evidence
Climax
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
46. 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.
Simile
Flashback
Hero (tragic)
Stanza
47. Tell how things are alike and different
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Stereotype
Tone
Compare and Contrast
48. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Stereotype
Climax
Subordinate
Scaffolding
49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Tone
Conjunctive adverbs
Pathos
Protagonist
50. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Simile
Rising Action
Draft
Formal
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