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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






3. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






4. Make a blueprint of






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






6. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






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






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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






10. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






11. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






12. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






13. Describe in vivid detail






14. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






15. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






16. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






17. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






19. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






20. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






21. 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.






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






23. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






24. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






25. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






27. Give the main point or idea






28. 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






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






30. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






31. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






32. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






34. 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.






35. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






37. 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.






38. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






39. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






40. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






41. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






42. 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.






43. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






44. Character pitted against protagonist






45. Showing little if any change






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






47. Assert or affirm strongly






48. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






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






50. Tell how things are alike and different