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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






4. 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.






5. A system of scaffolds






6. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






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






8. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






9. Make a blueprint of






10. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






11. Using language effectively to please or persuade






12. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






13. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






16. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






17. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






20. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






21. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






22. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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 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






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






28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






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






47. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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







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