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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






6. Tell how things are alike and different






7. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






11. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






20. 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.






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






22. Showing little if any change






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






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






25. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






34. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Describe in vivid detail






40. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






41. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






44. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






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






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






47. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






49. The state of cohering or sticking together






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