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






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






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






5. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






7. Main character in fiction or drama






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






9. A system of scaffolds






10. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






12. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






15. Examine and judge carefully.






16. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






18. 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.






19. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






24. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






25. 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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






35. The state of cohering or sticking together






36. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






40. The state of cohering or sticking together






41. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






47. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






48. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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