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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Describe in vivid detail






3. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






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






6. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






10. To examine carefully; study closely






11. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






16. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






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






18. Give the main point or idea






19. 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.






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






21. Give the main point or idea






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






23. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






28. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






31. Showing little if any change






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






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






34. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






36. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Examine and judge carefully.






44. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






45. Assert or affirm strongly






46. The study of the sources and development of words






47. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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