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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






8. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






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






14. Describe in vivid detail






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






16. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






17. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






20. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






22. Showing little if any change






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






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






26. Make a blueprint of






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






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






29. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






31. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






32. 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.






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






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






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






38. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






42. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






44. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






50. Give the main point or idea







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