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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






3. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






6. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






13. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






14. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






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






20. Character pitted against protagonist






21. Tell how things are alike and different






22. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






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






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






25. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






29. An idea that is implied or suggested






30. To examine carefully; study closely






31. Showing little if any change






32. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






33. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






37. Classifying people by their traits.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Crediting source within the paper.






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






43. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






44. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






46. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






48. Classifying people by their traits.






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






50. Main character in fiction or drama