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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Classifying people by their traits.






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






14. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






17. Make a blueprint of






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






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






20. 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.






21. The study of the sources and development of words






22. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






24. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






26. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






28. Assert or affirm strongly






29. Examine and judge carefully.






30. 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.






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






32. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






33. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






35. 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.






36. Testimony that is presented word for word.






37. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






42. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






46. Showing little if any change






47. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






50. 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.






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