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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






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






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






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






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






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






7. Examine and judge carefully.






8. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






11. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






13. 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.






14. 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






15. Make a blueprint of






16. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Showing little if any change






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






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






26. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






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






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






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






31. Testimony that is presented word for word.






32. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






36. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






37. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






42. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






43. Give the main point or idea






44. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






47. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






50. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning