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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Main character in fiction or drama






6. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






15. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






19. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






20. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






23. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






28. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






31. Character pitted against protagonist






32. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






36. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






39. Tell how things are alike and different






40. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






49. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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