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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






11. A system of scaffolds






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






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






14. Main character in fiction or drama






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






16. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






18. Showing little if any change






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






20. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






21. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






22. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






26. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






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






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






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






31. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






33. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






35. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






39. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






43. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






46. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






50. Assert or affirm strongly