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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






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






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






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






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






6. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Give the main point or idea






13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






15. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






18. Examine and judge carefully.






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






20. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






25. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






28. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The state of cohering or sticking together






36. Describe in vivid detail






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






38. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






40. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






41. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






44. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






46. 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.






47. Make a blueprint of






48. 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






49. 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.






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







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