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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






5. Make a blueprint of






6. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






8. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






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






10. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






11. Make a blueprint of






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






13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






19. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






21. Crediting source within the paper.






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






23. Give the main point or idea






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






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






26. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






29. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






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






31. Tell how things are alike and different






32. 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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Using language effectively to please or persuade






39. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






40. 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.






41. Tell how things are alike and different






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






43. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






48. Testimony that is presented word for word.






49. Testimony that is presented word for word.






50. Character pitted against protagonist







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