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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






2. Assert or affirm strongly






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






4. Tell how things are alike and different






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






11. A system of scaffolds






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






13. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






15. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A system of scaffolds






24. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






29. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






30. Character pitted against protagonist






31. Showing little if any change






32. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






33. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






36. Assert or affirm strongly






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






38. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






39. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






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






45. The state of cohering or sticking together






46. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






47. Make a blueprint of






48. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






49. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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