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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






2. The state of cohering or sticking together






3. Testimony that is presented word for word.






4. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






7. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






8. 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.






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






10. The study of the sources and development of words






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






20. To examine carefully; study closely






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






22. A system of scaffolds






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






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






25. Showing little if any change






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






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






28. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






31. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






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






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






35. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






41. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something







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