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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. A system of scaffolds






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






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






9. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






15. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






17. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






21. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






31. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






35. Tell how things are alike and different






36. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






41. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






44. Tell how things are alike and different






45. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






48. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






50. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features