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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






7. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






8. Make a blueprint of






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






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






11. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






12. 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.






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






14. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






18. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






25. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






26. A system of scaffolds






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






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






29. Tell how things are alike and different






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






31. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






34. Lacking stimulating characteristics






35. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






40. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






41. 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






42. Showing little if any change






43. Character pitted against protagonist






44. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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