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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






2. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






4. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






8. Give the main point or idea






9. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






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






12. 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.






13. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






14. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






15. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






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






21. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






24. Examine and judge carefully.






25. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






27. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






29. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Crediting source within the paper.






37. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






41. Character pitted against protagonist






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






43. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






46. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






48. Testimony that is presented word for word.






49. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






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