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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






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






4. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






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






7. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






8. Assert or affirm strongly






9. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






14. A system of scaffolds






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






22. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






27. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The study of the sources and development of words






35. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






36. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






37. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






41. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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