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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. A system of scaffolds






5. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. The state of cohering or sticking together






12. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






23. Tell how things are alike and different






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






25. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






26. Crediting source within the paper.






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






28. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






29. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Character pitted against protagonist






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






48. 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






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






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