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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






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






3. Showing little if any change






4. 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.






5. Showing little if any change






6. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






11. Testimony that is presented word for word.






12. Crediting source within the paper.






13. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






22. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






23. Classifying people by their traits.






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






25. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






26. To examine carefully; study closely






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






28. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






30. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






31. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






36. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






40. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






41. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly