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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






8. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






11. Crediting source within the paper.






12. Give the main point or idea






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






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






15. Assert or affirm strongly






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






17. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






20. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






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






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. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






24. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






25. Classifying people by their traits.






26. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Lacking stimulating characteristics






34. 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.






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






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






37. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






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






43. The study of the sources and development of words






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






45. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Showing little if any change