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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






4. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






7. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Assert or affirm strongly






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






17. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. To examine carefully; study closely






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






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






36. Showing little if any change






37. Tell how things are alike and different






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






39. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






41. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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