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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






6. Testimony that is presented word for word.






7. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






8. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






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






14. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






19. Main character in fiction or drama






20. Make a blueprint of






21. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






31. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






32. Assert or affirm strongly






33. Showing little if any change






34. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






37. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






39. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






43. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






44. Give the main point or idea






45. Crediting source within the paper.






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






47. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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