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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






8. To examine carefully; study closely






9. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






10. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






13. Tell how things are alike and different






14. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






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






17. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






19. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






20. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






21. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






23. Examine and judge carefully.






24. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






29. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






33. Lacking stimulating characteristics






34. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






38. Using language effectively to please or persuade






39. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






43. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






44. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






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






47. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






48. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






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