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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






19. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






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






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






23. Tell how things are alike and different






24. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. To examine carefully; study closely






33. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






37. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






39. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






42. 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.






43. Describe in vivid detail






44. Make a blueprint of






45. A system of scaffolds






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






47. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






50. Make a blueprint of







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