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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






3. Examine and judge carefully.






4. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. To examine carefully; study closely






15. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






16. Assert or affirm strongly






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






18. Main character in fiction or drama






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






20. A system of scaffolds






21. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






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






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






24. Make a blueprint of






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






26. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






27. Tell how things are alike and different






28. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






29. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






39. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






43. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






44. Assert or affirm strongly






45. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






47. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






50. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration