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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






3. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






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






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






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






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






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






9. Assert or affirm strongly






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






11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






15. Main character in fiction or drama






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






17. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






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






20. A system of scaffolds






21. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






23. An idea that is implied or suggested






24. 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.






25. Character pitted against protagonist






26. 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.






27. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






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






33. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






38. Showing little if any change






39. Describe in vivid detail






40. 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.






41. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






42. Classifying people by their traits.






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






44. 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






45. The state of cohering or sticking together






46. A system of scaffolds






47. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






48. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






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






50. 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.