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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






5. Character pitted against protagonist






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






7. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






8. A system of scaffolds






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






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






11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






14. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The study of the sources and development of words






24. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






25. Classifying people by their traits.






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






27. Crediting source within the paper.






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






29. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






30. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






31. 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.






32. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






34. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






37. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






38. 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.






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






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






41. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






47. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






48. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






49. An idea that is implied or suggested






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