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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Make a blueprint of






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






7. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






10. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






11. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






12. Assert or affirm strongly






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






14. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






17. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






18. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






20. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






24. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






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






27. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






28. 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.






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






30. An idea that is implied or suggested






31. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






34. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






37. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






43. Examine and judge carefully.






44. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






46. 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.






47. The state of cohering or sticking together






48. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






49. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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







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