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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Describe in vivid detail






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






3. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






8. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






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






17. 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.






18. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






21. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






25. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






27. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






35. Describe in vivid detail






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






37. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






49. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






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






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