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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






2. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






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






5. Showing little if any change






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






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






8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






12. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






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






14. Lacking stimulating characteristics






15. Tell how things are alike and different






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






17. Examine and judge carefully.






18. Tell how things are alike and different






19. Describe in vivid detail






20. Make a blueprint of






21. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






26. An idea that is implied or suggested






27. 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.






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






29. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






30. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Crediting source within the paper.






47. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






48. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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