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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A system of scaffolds






2. 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.






3. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






6. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






7. The study of the sources and development of words






8. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






26. Classifying people by their traits.






27. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






38. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






41. Examine and judge carefully.






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






43. Assert or affirm strongly






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






45. Assert or affirm strongly






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






47. 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






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






49. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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