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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






12. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






14. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






16. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






27. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






39. Assert or affirm strongly






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






41. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






44. Classifying people by their traits.






45. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






46. 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.






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






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






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






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