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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






16. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






18. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






24. A system of scaffolds






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






26. Crediting source within the paper.






27. Testimony that is presented word for word.






28. Showing little if any change






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






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






31. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






35. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






36. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






47. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






49. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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