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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Tell how things are alike and different






3. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. The state of cohering or sticking together






9. Testimony that is presented word for word.






10. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






14. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






17. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






18. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






21. An idea that is implied or suggested






22. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






23. Testimony that is presented word for word.






24. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






26. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






28. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






31. Give the main point or idea






32. The study of the sources and development of words






33. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






36. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






39. 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






40. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






45. Give the main point or idea






46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






48. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






50. Lacking stimulating characteristics