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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






3. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






4. The study of the sources and development of words






5. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Using language effectively to please or persuade






13. 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.






14. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






15. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






16. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






17. Tell how things are alike and different






18. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






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






20. 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






21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






22. To examine carefully; study closely






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






24. Testimony that is presented word for word.






25. 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.






26. Give the main point or idea






27. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






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






29. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Classifying people by their traits.






36. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






39. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






44. Tell how things are alike and different






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






46. Give the main point or idea






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






48. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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