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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






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






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






4. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






5. Describe in vivid detail






6. Assert or affirm strongly






7. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






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






18. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






22. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






23. To examine carefully; study closely






24. Give the main point or idea






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






26. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Examine and judge carefully.






32. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






33. 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.






34. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






35. Showing little if any change






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






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






38. To examine carefully; study closely






39. Make a blueprint of






40. A system of scaffolds






41. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






42. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Give the main point or idea






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