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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






7. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






9. Testimony that is presented word for word.






10. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






12. To examine carefully; study closely






13. Character pitted against protagonist






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. Showing little if any change






18. The study of the sources and development of words






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






20. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






24. To examine carefully; study closely






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






26. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






29. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






34. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






37. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






40. The state of cohering or sticking together






41. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






42. 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.






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






44. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






47. Describe in vivid detail






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






49. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






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