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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






3. To examine carefully; study closely






4. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






5. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






8. Using language effectively to please or persuade






9. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






10. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






13. 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.






14. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






15. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






17. Crediting source within the paper.






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






19. 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.






20. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






22. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






29. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






34. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






38. Assert or affirm strongly






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






40. Tell how things are alike and different






41. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






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






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






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






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






46. Assert or affirm strongly






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






48. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






49. Crediting source within the paper.






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