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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






5. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






7. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






8. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






10. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






15. The state of cohering or sticking together






16. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






28. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






31. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






33. 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.






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






35. Examine and judge carefully.






36. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






39. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






41. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






44. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






45. 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.






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






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






48. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






50. Assert or affirm strongly