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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Make a blueprint of






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






3. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






7. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






11. Assert or affirm strongly






12. An idea that is implied or suggested






13. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






14. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






15. Give the main point or idea






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






17. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






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






31. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






34. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






36. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






38. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






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






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






41. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






44. 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.






45. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






46. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






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






48. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






49. Tell how things are alike and different






50. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly