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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






3. Showing little if any change






4. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






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






6. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






7. 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.






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






9. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






24. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






26. Give the main point or idea






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






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






29. 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.






30. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






32. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






33. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






34. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






38. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






42. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






46. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






47. 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.






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






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






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