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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






10. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






19. Make a blueprint of






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






21. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. A system of scaffolds






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






29. Make a blueprint of






30. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






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






32. The study of the sources and development of words






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






34. Classifying people by their traits.






35. Main character in fiction or drama






36. A system of scaffolds






37. 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.






38. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






42. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. The state of cohering or sticking together






48. 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.






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






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







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