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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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english
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vocabulary
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1. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Mood
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Complex
Indirect
2. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Rhyme
Sensory language
Motivation
Mood
3. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Scaffolding
Euphemism
In -text citation
Narrative
4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Speaker
Parallel Structure
Third Person Omniscient
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
5. Showing little if any change
Socratic Seminar
Static
Third person
Clause
6. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Conjunctive adverbs
Atmosphere
Counterclaim
Act
7. 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.
Motivation
Antagonist
Flashback
Draft
8. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Objective Summary
Fiction
Speaker
Formal
9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Stanza
Conjunctive adverbs
Stereotype
Round
10. To examine carefully; study closely
Resolution
Analyze
Scene
Resolution
11. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Paraphrase
Textual evidence
Draft
Etymology
12. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Imagery
Direct
Complex
Delineate
13. 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.
Cross - curricular
Flashback
Transition
Tone
14. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Tone
Clause
Internal Conflict
Phrases
15. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Narrative
Pacing
Fallacious reasoning
16. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Subordinate
Stereotype
Phrases
17. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third person
Symbolism
Antagonist
Alliteration
18. 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.
Scene
Plot
Setting
Aside
19. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Narrative
Soliloquy
Paraphrase
Falling action
20. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Stanza
In -text citation
Objective Summary
Dialogue
21. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Cite
Paraphrase
Clause
22. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Non -fiction
Third Person Limited
Transition
Mood
23. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Pathos
Textual evidence
Syntax
Stanza
24. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Conflict
Speaker
Internal Conflict
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
25. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Scaffolding
Independent
Parallel plots
Characterization (indirect and direct)
26. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Artistic medium
Fallacious reasoning
Rising Action
Nuances
27. Tell how things are alike and different
Compare and Contrast
Summarize
Round
Suspense
28. Character pitted against protagonist
Claim
Climax
Antagonist
Direct
29. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Conflict
Soliloquy
Internal Conflict
Clause
30. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Third person
Cite
Cross - curricular
Flat
31. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Onomatopoeia
Synthesize
Character
Information
32. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Clause
Independent
Simile
Compare and Contrast
33. Make a blueprint of
Claim
Dialogue
Point of View
Draft
34. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Citation
Artistic medium
Stereotype
35. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Act
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Speaker
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
36. Tell how things are alike and different
Oxymoron
First person
Fiction
Compare and Contrast
37. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Protagonist
Third Person Limited
Narrative
38. Make a blueprint of
Resolution
Draft
Conflict
Climax
39. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Objective Summary
Symbolism
Act
Conflict
40. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Formal
Refrain
Atmosphere
Scene
41. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Citation
In -text citation
Soliloquy
Fiction
42. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Round
Counterclaim
Aside
43. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Cite
Symbolism
Pacing
Onomatopoeia
44. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Personification
Refrain
Fallacious reasoning
Hero (tragic)
45. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Syntax
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Formal
46. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Resolution
Act
Etymology
Soliloquy
47. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Fiction
Cite
Flat
Symbolism
48. 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.
Subordinate
Summarize
Aside
Internal Conflict
49. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Cohesion
Round
Non -fiction
Symbolism
50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Analyze
Information
Draft
Personification
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