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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






12. Examine and judge carefully.






13. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Using language effectively to please or persuade






21. Lacking stimulating characteristics






22. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






25. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






27. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






32. Describe in vivid detail






33. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. To examine carefully; study closely






41. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.