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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






8. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






10. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






11. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






17. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






19. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The study of the sources and development of words






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






41. The state of cohering or sticking together






42. 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






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






44. Showing little if any change






45. 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.






46. The study of the sources and development of words






47. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






49. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






50. 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.