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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






3. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






4. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






22. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






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






27. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






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






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






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






31. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






32. To examine carefully; study closely






33. Lacking stimulating characteristics






34. Examine and judge carefully.






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






36. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






38. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






40. Assert or affirm strongly






41. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






42. The state of cohering or sticking together






43. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






47. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






48. The state of cohering or sticking together






49. 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.






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