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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






2. Main character in fiction or drama






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






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






5. Tell how things are alike and different






6. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






13. Showing little if any change






14. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






19. Using language effectively to please or persuade






20. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






31. Tell how things are alike and different






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






41. Assert or affirm strongly






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






43. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






44. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






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






50. Crediting source within the paper.