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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






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






6. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






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






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






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






11. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






15. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






23. An idea that is implied or suggested






24. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






26. Testimony that is presented word for word.






27. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






30. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






31. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






33. Tell how things are alike and different






34. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






36. Describe in vivid detail






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






38. Showing little if any change






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






49. The study of the sources and development of words






50. A system of scaffolds







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