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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






5. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve






6. 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.






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






8. To examine carefully; study closely






9. To examine carefully; study closely






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






11. 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.






12. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






15. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






18. Testimony that is presented word for word.






19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






25. A system of scaffolds






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






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






28. Examine and judge carefully.






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






30. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






38. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Assert or affirm strongly






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.







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