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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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1. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Character
Independent
Motivation
2. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Hero (tragic)
Third Person Limited
Rhyme
3. 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)
Euphemism
Analyze
Atmosphere
4. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Paraphrase
Tragedy
Theme
Cite
5. Assert or affirm strongly
Speaker
Claim
Resolution
Imagery
6. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Flat
Citation
Symbolism
Exposition
7. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Exposition
Flashback
Objective Summary
8. Tell how things are alike and different
Compare and Contrast
Falling action
Flashback
Delineate
9. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Nuances
Direct Quotation
Flat
10. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Rhyme
Independent
Internal Conflict
Atmosphere
11. 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.
Cohesion
Socratic Seminar
Flashback
Protagonist
12. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.
Argument
In -text citation
Indirect
Antagonist
13. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Theme
Internal Conflict
Theme
Onomatopoeia
14. Crediting source within the paper.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
In -text citation
Claim
Scene
15. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Claim
Connotation
Speaker
16. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Refrain
Figurative language
Alliteration
Internal Conflict
17. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
In -text citation
Narrative
Alliteration
Rhyme
18. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Draft
Plagiarism
Conjunctive adverbs
19. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Evaluate
Dialogue
Protagonist
20. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Speaker
Draft
Tragedy
21. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Dialogue
Formal
Figurative language
Oxymoron
22. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Evaluate
Suspense
Stanza
Argument
23. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Clause
Oxymoron
Plagiarism
24. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Connotation
First person
Etymology
Plagiarism
25. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Rising Action
Subordinate
Independent
Speaker
26. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Complex
Artistic medium
Phrases
Independent
27. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Soliloquy
Subordinate
Claim
Hero (tragic)
28. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Paraphrase
Conjunctive adverbs
Parallel plots
Syntax
29. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Information
Static
Repetition
Point of View
30. 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.
Rising Action
Rhetoric
Conjunctive adverbs
Internal Conflict
31. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Oxymoron
Tone
Protagonist
Information
32. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Rhetoric
Counterclaim
Direct
Theme
33. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Formal
Textual evidence
Cross - curricular
Setting
34. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Connotation
Hero (tragic)
Setting
Imagery
35. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Pathos
Speaker
Dialogue
36. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Information
Third Person Limited
Paraphrase
Pathos
37. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Theme
Exposition
Plot
38. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Citation
Clause
Internal Conflict
Counterclaim
39. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Independent
Point of View
Inference
Syntax
40. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Cohesion
Act
Plot
Stanza
41. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Aside
Evaluate
Exposition
Symbolism
42. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Paraphrase
Direct Quotation
Direct
Informative/explanatory text
43. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Informative/explanatory text
Refrain
Complex
44. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Personification
Third Person Omniscient
Figurative language
45. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Dialogue
Cite
Third Person Limited
Analyze
46. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Internal Conflict
Tragedy
Atmosphere
47. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Symbolism
Oxymoron
Cite
Euphemism
48. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Hero (tragic)
Analyze
Claim
Third Person Limited
49. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Alliteration
Pacing
Cohesion
50. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Plot
Third Person Omniscient
Repetition
Citation
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