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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






6. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






12. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






15. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






19. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






28. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






32. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






37. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






39. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






41. Make a blueprint of






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






43. 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.






44. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






45. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






48. Describe in vivid detail






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






50. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences