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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. Character pitted against protagonist






3. 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






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






5. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






11. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






13. Give the main point or idea






14. Examine and judge carefully.






15. Using language effectively to please or persuade






16. To examine carefully; study closely






17. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






19. To examine carefully; study closely






20. 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.






21. Describe in vivid detail






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






23. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Lacking stimulating characteristics






31. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






33. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






43. Crediting source within the paper.






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






45. Classifying people by their traits.






46. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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. Assert or affirm strongly






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







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