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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






3. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






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






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






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






7. Assert or affirm strongly






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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






12. Using language effectively to please or persuade






13. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






15. 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.






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






22. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






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






27. Using language effectively to please or persuade






28. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






30. 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.






31. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






37. A system of scaffolds






38. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






46. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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