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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Using language effectively to please or persuade






6. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






9. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






11. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






37. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






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






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






41. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






42. Showing little if any change






43. Assert or affirm strongly






44. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






46. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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