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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






5. Showing little if any change






6. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






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






9. Main character in fiction or drama






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






11. Character pitted against protagonist






12. 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.






13. The state of cohering or sticking together






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






33. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






35. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Give the main point or idea






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






46. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






50. 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.