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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






6. Lacking stimulating characteristics






7. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






8. 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






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






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






11. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






14. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






16. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






20. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






22. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






27. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






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






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






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






38. To examine carefully; study closely






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






40. The state of cohering or sticking together






41. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






45. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






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