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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. Character pitted against protagonist






12. Examine and judge carefully.






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






14. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






17. Assert or affirm strongly






18. Showing little if any change






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






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






21. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






24. Character pitted against protagonist






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






26. To examine carefully; study closely






27. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






30. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






32. Classifying people by their traits.






33. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






34. A system of scaffolds






35. 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.






36. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






39. Give the main point or idea






40. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






46. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






49. The study of the sources and development of words






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