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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






2. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






3. Showing little if any change






4. Tell how things are alike and different






5. Give the main point or idea






6. 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.






7. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






8. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






9. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






10. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






11. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






12. The state of cohering or sticking together






13. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






14. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






15. Using language effectively to please or persuade






16. Character pitted against protagonist






17. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






18. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






19. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






20. Examine and judge carefully.






21. 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.






22. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






23. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






24. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






25. Classifying people by their traits.






26. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






27. Assert or affirm strongly






28. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






29. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






30. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






31. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






32. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






33. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






34. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






35. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






36. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






37. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






38. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






39. A system of scaffolds






40. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






41. Tell how things are alike and different






42. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






43. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






44. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






45. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






46. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






47. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






48. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






49. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






50. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position