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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Describe in vivid detail






6. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Make a blueprint of






26. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






30. Make a blueprint of






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






32. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






35. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






42. Showing little if any change






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






44. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






46. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






47. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






49. Classifying people by their traits.






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