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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The study of the sources and development of words






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






3. Using language effectively to please or persuade






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






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






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






12. The state of cohering or sticking together






13. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. Testimony that is presented word for word.






30. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






31. Character pitted against protagonist






32. Describe in vivid detail






33. 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.






34. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






36. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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