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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






3. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






5. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






6. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






11. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






12. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






14. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






19. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






23. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






24. Assert or affirm strongly






25. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






27. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






29. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






31. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






34. 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.






35. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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