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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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






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. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






4. 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.






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






6. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






7. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






12. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






13. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






17. Make a blueprint of






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






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






20. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






23. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






24. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. An idea that is implied or suggested






35. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






38. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Testimony that is presented word for word.






45. Assert or affirm strongly






46. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






47. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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







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