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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






13. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






16. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






20. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






21. An idea that is implied or suggested






22. Crediting source within the paper.






23. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






24. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






26. 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.






27. Showing little if any change






28. To examine carefully; study closely






29. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






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






35. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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