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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






12. Main character in fiction or drama






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






14. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






17. 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






18. Testimony that is presented word for word.






19. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






20. Lacking stimulating characteristics






21. 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.






22. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






26. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






32. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






33. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






34. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






45. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






47. 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.






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






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






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