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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. An idea that is implied or suggested






4. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






7. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






11. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






19. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






21. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






23. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






27. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






29. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






30. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






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






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






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






34. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






36. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






37. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






38. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






41. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






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






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






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






45. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






46. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






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