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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






5. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






8. Testimony that is presented word for word.






9. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






10. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






15. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






25. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






31. Crediting source within the paper.






32. 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.






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






34. Examine and judge carefully.






35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






38. An idea that is implied or suggested






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






43. Using language effectively to please or persuade






44. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






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






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






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






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






49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something