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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






4. Testimony that is presented word for word.






5. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






10. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






12. The state of cohering or sticking together






13. Make a blueprint of






14. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






17. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Examine and judge carefully.






32. Tell how things are alike and different






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Using language effectively to please or persuade






38. To examine carefully; study closely






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






40. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






42. Crediting source within the paper.






43. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






47. Crediting source within the paper.






48. 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.






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






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