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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






10. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Showing little if any change






19. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






21. Character pitted against protagonist






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Tell how things are alike and different






29. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






33. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






45. 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.






46. To examine carefully; study closely






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






48. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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







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