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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






5. Make a blueprint of






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






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






8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






9. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






12. Showing little if any change






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






14. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






17. 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.






18. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






26. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






36. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






39. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






41. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






47. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






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






50. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning