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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






3. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






4. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






6. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. The state of cohering or sticking together






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






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






22. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






23. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






24. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Classifying people by their traits.






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






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






40. A system of scaffolds






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






42. 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.






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






44. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






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






46. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






49. Main character in fiction or drama






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