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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






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






4. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






13. Using language effectively to please or persuade






14. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






17. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






18. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






20. Give the main point or idea






21. Tell how things are alike and different






22. 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.






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






24. Using language effectively to please or persuade






25. The study of the sources and development of words






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






27. Make a blueprint of






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






29. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






32. A system of scaffolds






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






34. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






35. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. A system of scaffolds






42. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






44. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






47. The study of the sources and development of words






48. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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







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