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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






5. Testimony that is presented word for word.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






11. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






14. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






16. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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






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






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






20. Make a blueprint of






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






22. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






24. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






26. An idea that is implied or suggested






27. Character pitted against protagonist






28. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






32. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






33. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






37. Crediting source within the paper.






38. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






40. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






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






49. Describe in vivid detail






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