Ninth Grade Language Arts
Audience
Protagonist
Antagonist
Citation
Coherence
Diction
Drama
Elements of plot
Elements of poetry
Point of view
Etymology
Figurative language
Foreign words and phrases
Logical fallacies (e.g.,
appeal to fear [ad
baculum], personal
attach [ad hominen],
false dilemma, and
false analogy)
Discourse
Paraphrase
Persuasive devices
Questioning
Research
Revision
Rubric
Source (e.g., primary,
secondary, tertiary)
Style
Themes, recurring
Thesis (e.g., implied
thesis)