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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The state of cohering or sticking together






2. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






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






7. Showing little if any change






8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






10. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






11. Give the main point or idea






12. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






13. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






20. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






23. Using language effectively to please or persuade






24. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






25. Describe in vivid detail






26. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. To examine carefully; study closely






33. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






37. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






38. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






41. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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