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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Showing little if any change






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. To examine carefully; study closely






28. Classifying people by their traits.






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






30. Tell how things are alike and different






31. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






35. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






39. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






44. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






45. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






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






48. Give the main point or idea






49. A system of scaffolds






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