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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






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






6. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






9. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






10. Showing little if any change






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






12. Using language effectively to please or persuade






13. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






14. 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.






15. Main character in fiction or drama






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






17. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






18. 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.






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






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






21. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






22. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






24. Tell how things are alike and different






25. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






27. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






30. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






33. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






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






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






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






38. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






42. Classifying people by their traits.






43. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






44. 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.






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






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






47. Assert or affirm strongly






48. Give the main point or idea






49. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






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