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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






10. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






11. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






19. The state of cohering or sticking together






20. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






21. To examine carefully; study closely






22. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






24. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






29. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






32. Crediting source within the paper.






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






34. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






42. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






43. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






44. Showing little if any change






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






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






47. Crediting source within the paper.






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






49. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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