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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






6. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






8. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






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






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






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






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






13. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






15. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






17. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






18. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






22. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






23. Classifying people by their traits.






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






25. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






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






39. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






41. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






44. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






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






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