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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Lacking stimulating characteristics






2. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






5. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






12. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






15. Assert or affirm strongly






16. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Describe in vivid detail






32. Give the main point or idea






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






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






35. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Make a blueprint of






43. Crediting source within the paper.






44. Give the main point or idea






45. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






47. 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.






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






49. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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