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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






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






3. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






5. The study of the sources and development of words






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






7. Character pitted against protagonist






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






9. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






12. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






15. Showing little if any change






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






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






18. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






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






20. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Classifying people by their traits.






27. Give the main point or idea






28. Main character in fiction or drama






29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






30. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






34. A system of scaffolds






35. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






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






37. The state of cohering or sticking together






38. 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.






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






40. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






43. A system of scaffolds






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






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






46. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






47. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






49. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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