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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Crediting source within the paper.






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






4. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






6. Give the main point or idea






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






8. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






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






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






12. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






14. Describe in vivid detail






15. To examine carefully; study closely






16. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






19. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. A system of scaffolds






25. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






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






27. Testimony that is presented word for word.






28. 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.






29. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






30. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






31. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






32. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






33. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






35. 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






36. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






39. The study of the sources and development of words






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






41. The study of the sources and development of words






42. 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.






43. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






50. Rewording for the purpose of clarification







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