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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






7. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






19. 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.






20. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






22. An idea that is implied or suggested






23. Give the main point or idea






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






25. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






26. 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.






27. Using language effectively to please or persuade






28. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. The study of the sources and development of words






36. Showing little if any change






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






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






39. Assert or affirm strongly






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






41. Crediting source within the paper.






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






43. Character pitted against protagonist






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






45. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






46. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






47. Tell how things are alike and different






48. Examine and judge carefully.






49. 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






50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something