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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






8. Main character in fiction or drama






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






10. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






14. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






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






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






17. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






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






19. Describe in vivid detail






20. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






22. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






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






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






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






26. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






28. Character pitted against protagonist






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






30. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






32. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






36. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






37. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






38. 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.






39. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






40. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Give the main point or idea






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