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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Assert or affirm strongly






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






19. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. An idea that is implied or suggested






31. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






34. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






40. The state of cohering or sticking together






41. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






44. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






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






49. Describe in vivid detail






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