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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Classifying people by their traits.






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






3. Character pitted against protagonist






4. Make a blueprint of






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






6. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






9. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






18. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






23. The study of the sources and development of words






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






25. Make a blueprint of






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






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






28. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






29. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






32. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






33. A system of scaffolds






34. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






45. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






46. Assert or affirm strongly






47. Tell how things are alike and different






48. Testimony that is presented word for word.






49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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