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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






12. A system of scaffolds






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






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






15. 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.






16. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






18. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






21. Describe in vivid detail






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






23. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






26. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






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






31. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






36. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Character pitted against protagonist






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






46. Give the main point or idea






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






48. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






50. A system of scaffolds