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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






7. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






8. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






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






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






11. Classifying people by their traits.






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






13. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






16. 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.






17. Describe in vivid detail






18. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






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






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






21. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






22. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






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






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






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






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






28. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






37. The state of cohering or sticking together






38. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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