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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. To examine carefully; study closely






3. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






5. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






19. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






22. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






24. Main character in fiction or drama






25. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






33. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






34. Crediting source within the paper.






35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






39. A system of scaffolds






40. The study of the sources and development of words






41. 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.






42. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






43. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






49. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






50. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration