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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Examine and judge carefully.






3. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






5. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






11. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






13. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






16. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






20. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






29. Classifying people by their traits.






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






31. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






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






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






34. Give the main point or idea






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






36. To examine carefully; study closely






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






38. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






42. Make a blueprint of






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






44. Using language effectively to please or persuade






45. Showing little if any change






46. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






47. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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






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