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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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






3. Using language effectively to please or persuade






4. A system of scaffolds






5. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






16. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






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






18. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






22. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






24. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






27. Crediting source within the paper.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






39. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






42. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






43. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






44. Make a blueprint of






45. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






50. Assert or affirm strongly