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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Give the main point or idea






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






3. An idea that is implied or suggested






4. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






14. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






17. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






19. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Make a blueprint of






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






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






30. Make a blueprint of






31. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






32. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






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






34. To examine carefully; study closely






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






36. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






39. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Showing little if any change






46. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






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






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






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






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







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