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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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






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






6. Classifying people by their traits.






7. Showing little if any change






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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






11. Assert or affirm strongly






12. 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.






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






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






15. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Crediting source within the paper.






39. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






41. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






42. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






43. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






47. The state of cohering or sticking together






48. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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