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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






2. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






3. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






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






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






6. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






7. Main character in fiction or drama






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






9. Lacking stimulating characteristics






10. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The study of the sources and development of words






22. Assert or affirm strongly






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






30. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






33. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






34. 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.






35. A system of scaffolds






36. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






40. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






42. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






43. Character pitted against protagonist






44. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






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






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






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






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






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