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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






3. An idea that is implied or suggested






4. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






8. Showing little if any change






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






10. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






24. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






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






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






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






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






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






30. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






33. The study of the sources and development of words






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






35. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. To examine carefully; study closely






46. 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.






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






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






49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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