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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






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






5. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






6. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






7. An idea that is implied or suggested






8. Character pitted against protagonist






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






23. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






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






25. 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






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






27. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






34. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






43. Make a blueprint of






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






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






46. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






48. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






49. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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