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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






5. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






6. Describe in vivid detail






7. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






10. Give the main point or idea






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






12. 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.






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






14. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






21. Give the main point or idea






22. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






23. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






26. Describe in vivid detail






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






28. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






32. Crediting source within the paper.






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






34. Character pitted against protagonist






35. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






37. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






40. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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






43. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






46. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






48. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






49. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






50. Classifying people by their traits.