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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






6. Make a blueprint of






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






15. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






18. 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.






19. Main character in fiction or drama






20. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






23. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






30. Main character in fiction or drama






31. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






32. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






37. 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.






38. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






40. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






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






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






43. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Lacking stimulating characteristics






49. Classifying people by their traits.






50. Character pitted against protagonist