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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Main character in fiction or drama






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






4. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






5. Main character in fiction or drama






6. 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.






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






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






9. Using language effectively to please or persuade






10. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






12. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






16. Crediting source within the paper.






17. To examine carefully; study closely






18. Make a blueprint of






19. Examine and judge carefully.






20. To examine carefully; study closely






21. The state of cohering or sticking together






22. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






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






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






26. Make a blueprint of






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






28. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






29. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






30. Character pitted against protagonist






31. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






32. Lacking stimulating characteristics






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. Showing little if any change






39. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






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






42. Showing little if any change






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






44. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






48. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






49. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






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







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