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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Tell how things are alike and different






3. The study of the sources and development of words






4. Describe in vivid detail






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






6. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Make a blueprint of






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






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






16. Crediting source within the paper.






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






18. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






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






24. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






26. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






27. Tell how things are alike and different






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






29. Give the main point or idea






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. An idea that is implied or suggested






38. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






39. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






43. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






48. A system of scaffolds






49. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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