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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






2. To examine carefully; study closely






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






13. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






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






15. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






16. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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. Examine and judge carefully.






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






21. To examine carefully; study closely






22. Main character in fiction or drama






23. Character pitted against protagonist






24. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






27. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






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






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






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






39. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






41. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






42. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






46. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






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