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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






7. Main character in fiction or drama






8. An idea that is implied or suggested






9. An idea that is implied or suggested






10. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






11. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






15. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






22. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






26. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






27. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






31. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






34. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






36. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






50. Lacking stimulating characteristics