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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






11. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






12. A system of scaffolds






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






14. 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.






15. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






16. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






20. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






29. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






32. Tell how things are alike and different






33. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something