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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






5. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






7. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






9. 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.






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






11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






14. A system of scaffolds






15. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






18. Crediting source within the paper.






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






20. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






40. Tell how things are alike and different






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






42. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






45. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






48. The study of the sources and development of words






49. 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






50. 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.







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