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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Give the main point or idea






3. 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






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






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






6. Using language effectively to please or persuade






7. 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.






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






9. Assert or affirm strongly






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






11. 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.






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






13. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






15. Lacking stimulating characteristics






16. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






17. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






18. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






20. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






24. Crediting source within the paper.






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






26. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






27. The state of cohering or sticking together






28. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






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






30. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






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






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






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






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






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






36. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






44. 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.






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






46. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






48. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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