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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






5. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






7. Examine and judge carefully.






8. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






18. Give the main point or idea






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






20. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






24. Using language effectively to please or persuade






25. Assert or affirm strongly






26. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






28. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






29. Main character in fiction or drama






30. Describe in vivid detail






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






32. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






34. Testimony that is presented word for word.






35. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






38. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






43. To examine carefully; study closely






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. A system of scaffolds






49. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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