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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






2. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






5. Crediting source within the paper.






6. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






7. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






8. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






13. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






24. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






27. Tell how things are alike and different






28. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






29. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






33. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Main character in fiction or drama






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






46. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






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






49. Lacking stimulating characteristics






50. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences