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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






10. Showing little if any change






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






12. Main character in fiction or drama






13. Make a blueprint of






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






15. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






18. Examine and judge carefully.






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






20. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






23. Character pitted against protagonist






24. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






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






26. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






30. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






31. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






32. Give the main point or idea






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






34. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






35. The study of the sources and development of words






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






37. Assert or affirm strongly






38. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






39. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






44. Make a blueprint of






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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







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