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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






4. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






7. Describe in vivid detail






8. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






22. 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.






23. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






26. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






31. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. A system of scaffolds






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






44. Tell how things are alike and different






45. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






46. Classifying people by their traits.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. Using language effectively to please or persuade