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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Sensory language
Parallel Structure
Draft
2. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Aside
Plagiarism
Independent
Theme
3. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Analyze
Cross - curricular
Dialogue
Rising Action
4. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Sensory language
Connotation
Imagery
Third person
5. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Evaluate
Alliteration
Character
Argument
6. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Stereotype
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Socratic Seminar
Third Person Limited
7. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Imagery
Stanza
Nuances
Simile
8. Crediting source within the paper.
Oxymoron
In -text citation
Information
Rising Action
9. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Socratic Seminar
Rhyme
Rising Action
Direct
10. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Cohesion
Alliteration
Socratic Seminar
Plot
11. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Stereotype
Dialogue
Rhetoric
Act
12. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.
First person
Third Person Omniscient
Etymology
Hero (tragic)
13. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Claim
Static
Paraphrase
14. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Pacing
Flashback
Conflict
Formal
15. Examine and judge carefully.
Sensory language
Evaluate
Objective Summary
Argument
16. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Argument
Direct Quotation
Resolution
17. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Subordinate
Exposition
Personification
Falling action
18. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Stereotype
Flat
Euphemism
Socratic Seminar
19. 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.
Socratic Seminar
Artistic medium
Falling action
Figurative language
20. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Scaffolding
Narrative
Personification
21. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Atmosphere
Connotation
Flashback
22. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Aside
Resolution
Conflict
Parallel Structure
23. The study of the sources and development of words
Complex
Summarize
Etymology
Artistic medium
24. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Independent
Mood
Cohesion
Synthesize
25. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Pathos
Parallel Structure
Imagery
Third person
26. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Protagonist
Rhyme
Citation
Climax
27. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Pacing
Synthesize
28. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Socratic Seminar
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Phrases
29. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Hero (tragic)
Clause
Counterclaim
Euphemism
30. Make a blueprint of
Theme
Draft
Counterclaim
Direct Quotation
31. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Flashback
Fiction
Hero (tragic)
Clause
32. Main character in fiction or drama
Point of View
Draft
Protagonist
Argument
33. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Syntax
Draft
Round
Cross - curricular
34. A system of scaffolds
Aside
Informative/explanatory text
Resolution
Scaffolding
35. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Etymology
Connotation
Independent
36. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Synthesize
Parallel plots
Parallel plots
Non -fiction
37. Describe in vivid detail
Internal Conflict
Delineate
Paraphrase
Fallacious reasoning
38. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Simile
Euphemism
Simile
39. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Conjunctive adverbs
Protagonist
Rhetoric
Socratic Seminar
40. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Symbolism
Cross - curricular
Scene
Direct Quotation
41. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Point of View
Subordinate
Cross - curricular
Imagery
42. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Formal
Objective Summary
Synthesize
Direct
43. An idea that is implied or suggested
Draft
Speaker
Connotation
Scene
44. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Soliloquy
Citation
Complex
Exposition
45. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Cite
Rhyme
Flat
In -text citation
46. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Point of View
Fiction
Cohesion
Syntax
47. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Artistic medium
Plagiarism
Phrases
Paraphrase
48. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Point of View
Delineate
Claim
Fiction
49. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Textual evidence
Summarize
Non -fiction
50. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Informative/explanatory text
Stanza
Inference
Antagonist
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