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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






3. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






8. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






9. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Examine and judge carefully.






16. Showing little if any change






17. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






21. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






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






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






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






26. Assert or affirm strongly






27. An idea that is implied or suggested






28. 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.






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






30. An idea that is implied or suggested






31. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






35. The state of cohering or sticking together






36. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






40. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






42. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






45. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






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






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






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






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






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