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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Describe in vivid detail






4. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






5. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






8. Examine and judge carefully.






9. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Main character in fiction or drama






16. Assert or affirm strongly






17. Classifying people by their traits.






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






19. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






22. A system of scaffolds






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






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






25. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Crediting source within the paper.






31. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






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






34. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






39. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






43. Give the main point or idea






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






45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






47. 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.






48. Classifying people by their traits.






49. Describe in vivid detail






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