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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Assert or affirm strongly






2. Describe in vivid detail






3. Character pitted against protagonist






4. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






7. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






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






9. Make a blueprint of






10. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






11. 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.






12. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






13. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






15. Showing little if any change






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






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






18. Classifying people by their traits.






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






20. Examine and judge carefully.






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






22. Showing little if any change






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






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






25. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






28. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Describe in vivid detail






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






42. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






45. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






46. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






48. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






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