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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






5. Showing little if any change






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






7. 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.






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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






10. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






21. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






25. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






27. Tell how things are alike and different






28. Character pitted against protagonist






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






30. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






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






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






33. Make a blueprint of






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






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






36. Tell how things are alike and different






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






38. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something







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