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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






3. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






5. 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.






6. Showing little if any change






7. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






8. 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.






9. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






11. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






12. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






14. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






22. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






37. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Crediting source within the paper.






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






47. Crediting source within the paper.






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






49. Lacking stimulating characteristics






50. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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