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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






5. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






6. Lacking stimulating characteristics






7. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






12. Showing little if any change






13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






19. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






24. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






26. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






29. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






31. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






33. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






35. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






38. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






40. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






45. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






48. 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






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






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