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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






5. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






9. Tell how things are alike and different






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






11. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. To examine carefully; study closely






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. Character pitted against protagonist






29. Showing little if any change






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






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






32. Main character in fiction or drama






33. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






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






39. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Examine and judge carefully.






46. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






47. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






49. Examine and judge carefully.






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