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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






3. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






4. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






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






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






7. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






9. Character pitted against protagonist






10. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






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






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






13. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






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






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






16. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






21. Classifying people by their traits.






22. 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.






23. 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






24. 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.






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






26. Tell how things are alike and different






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






28. 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.






29. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






34. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






35. Examine and judge carefully.






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






37. Crediting source within the paper.






38. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






40. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






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






46. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






50. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features