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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Character pitted against protagonist






4. 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.






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






6. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






9. An idea that is implied or suggested






10. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






11. Crediting source within the paper.






12. Testimony that is presented word for word.






13. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






16. The study of the sources and development of words






17. Assert or affirm strongly






18. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






20. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






21. 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.






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






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






24. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Tell how things are alike and different






33. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






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






39. A system of scaffolds






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






41. Give the main point or idea






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






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






44. Examine and judge carefully.






45. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






49. Describe in vivid detail






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